Hosea 1:9 (GNV)

Passage

Then saide God, Call his name Lo-ammi: for yee are not my people: therefore will I not be yours.

Nearby Context

Hosea 1:7 Yet I will haue mercie vpon the house of Iudah, and wil saue them by the Lord their God, and wil not saue them by bow, nor by sword nor by battell, by horses, nor by horsemen.

Hosea 1:8 Nowe when she had wained Lo-ruhamah, shee conceiued, and bare a sonne.

Hosea 1:9 Then saide God, Call his name Lo-ammi: for yee are not my people: therefore will I not be yours.

Hosea 1:10 Yet the nomber of the children of Israel shall be as the sande of the sea, which can not be measured nor tolde: and in the place where it was saide vnto them, Yee are not my people, it shall be saide vnto them, Yee are the sonnes of the liuing God.

Hosea 1:11 Then shall the children of Iudah, and the children of Israel be gathered together, and appoint them selues one head, and they shall come vp out of the land: for great is the day of Izreel.

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 8's "Nowe when she had wained Lo-ruhamah shee..." into verse 10's "Yet the nomber of the children of...", so "saide" 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 "saide" and "call" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.