Hosea 1:8 (YLT)

Passage

And she weaneth Lo-Ruhamah, and conceiveth, and beareth a son;

Nearby Context

Hosea 1:6 And she conceiveth again, and beareth a daughter, and He saith to him, `Call her name Lo-Ruhamah, for I add no more to pity the house of Israel, for I do utterly take them away;

Hosea 1:7 and the house of Judah I pity, and have saved them by Jehovah their God, and do not save them by bow, and by sword, and by battle, by horses, and by horsemen.'

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;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "weaneth", "lo-ruhamah", "conceiveth", and "beareth". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "weaneth" and "lo-ruhamah", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 7's "and the house of Judah I pity..." into verse 9's "and He saith Call his name Lo-Ammi...", so "weaneth" 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 "weaneth" and "lo-ruhamah" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.