Hosea 1:9 (DRB)

Passage

And he said: Call his name, Not my people: for you are not my people, and I will not be yours.

Nearby Context

Hosea 1:7 And I will have mercy on the house of Juda, and I will save them by the Lord, their God: and I will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, nor by horses, nor by horsemen.

Hosea 1:8 And she weaned her that was called Without mercy. And she conceived, and bore a son.

Hosea 1:9 And he said: Call his name, Not my people: for you are not my people, and I will not be yours.

Hosea 1:10 And the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, that is without measure, and shall not be numbered. And it shall be in the place where it shall be said to them: You are not my people: it shall be said to them: Ye are the sons of the living God.

Hosea 1:11 And the children of Juda, and the children of Israel, shall be gathered together: and they shall appoint themselves one head, and shall come up out of the land: for great is the day of Jezrahel.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "said", "call", "name", "people", and "yours". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "said" and "call", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 8's "And she weaned her that was called..." into verse 10's "And the number of the children of...", so "said" and "call" belong inside that flow. In Hosea context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "said" and "call" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.