and the number of the sons of Israel hath been as the sand of the sea, that is not measured nor numbered, and it hath come to pass in the place where it is said to them, Ye <FI>are<Fi> not My people, it is said to them, Sons of the Living God;
Hosea 1:8 And she weaneth Lo-Ruhamah, and conceiveth, and beareth a son;
Hosea 1:9 and He saith, `Call his name Lo-Ammi, for ye <FI>are<Fi> not My people, and I am not for you;
Hosea 1:10 and the number of the sons of Israel hath been as the sand of the sea, that is not measured nor numbered, and it hath come to pass in the place where it is said to them, Ye <FI>are<Fi> not My people, it is said to them, Sons of the Living God;
Hosea 1:11 and gathered have been the sons of Judah and the sons of Israel together, and they have appointed to themselves one head, and have gone up from the land, for great <FI>is<Fi> the day of Jezreel.
The verse centers on "number", "sons", "israel", "hath", "been", "sand", "measured", and "numbered". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "number" and "sons", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The nearby context moves from verse 9's "and He saith Call his name Lo-Ammi..." into verse 11's "and gathered have been the sons of...", so "number" and "sons" 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 "number" and "sons" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.