Hosea 1:8 (KJV)

Passage

Now when she had weaned Loruhamah, she conceived, and bare a son.

Nearby Context

Hosea 1:6 And she conceived again, and bare a daughter. And God said unto him, Call her name Loruhamah: for I will no more have mercy upon the house of Israel; but I will utterly take them away.

Hosea 1:7 But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by the LORD their God, and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, by horses, nor by horsemen.

Hosea 1:8 Now when she had weaned Loruhamah, she conceived, and bare a son.

Hosea 1:9 Then said God, Call his name Loammi: for ye are not my people, and I will not be your God.

Hosea 1:10 Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "weaned", "loruhamah", "conceived", and "bare". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "weaned" and "loruhamah", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 7's "But I will have mercy upon the..." into verse 9's "Then said God Call his name Loammi...", so "weaned" and "loruhamah" 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 "weaned" and "loruhamah" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.