Hosea 1:8 (LSB)

Passage

Then she weaned Lo-ruhamah. And she conceived and gave birth to a son.

Nearby Context

Hosea 1:6 Then she conceived again and gave birth to a daughter. And Yahweh said to him, “Name her Lo-ruhamah, for I will no longer have compassion on the house of Israel, that I would ever forgive them.

Hosea 1:7 But I will have compassion on the house of Judah and save them by Yahweh their God, and I will not save them by bow, sword, battle, horses, or horsemen.”

Hosea 1:8 Then she weaned Lo-ruhamah. And she conceived and gave birth to a son.

Hosea 1:9 And Yahweh said, “Name him Lo-ammi, for you are not My people, and I am not your God.”

Hosea 1:10 Yet the number of the sons of Israel Will be like the sand of the sea, Which cannot be measured or numbered; And it will be that in the place Where it is said to them, “You are not My people,” It will be said to them, “You are the sons of the living God.”

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "weaned", "lo-ruhamah", "conceived", "gave", and "birth". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "weaned" and "lo-ruhamah", 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 compassion on the..." into verse 9's "And Yahweh said Name him Lo-ammi for...", so "weaned" and "lo-ruhamah" 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 "lo-ruhamah" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.