Loammi: that is, Not my people, Jeremiah 15:1
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Hosea 1:9
Hosea 1:9
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in the first three chapters, by signs and types, but afterwards only by
discourse. In this chapter we have, I. The general title of the whole…Hosea 1 — OverviewHosea 1 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeHosea 1:1, Hosea, to shew God’s judgment for spiritual whoredom, takes Gomer, Hosea 1:4, and has by her Jezreel; Hosea 1:6, Loruhamah; Hosea 1:8, and Lo-ammi; Hosea 1:10, The restoration of Judah and Israel under one…Hosea 1 — OverviewHosea 1 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleThis book, in the Hebrew Bibles, at least in some copies, is called "Sopher Hosea", the Book of Hoses; and, in the Vulgate Latin and Arabic versions, "the Prophecy of Hoses": and, in the Syriac version, "the Prophecy of…Hosea 1:1-11Hosea 1:1-11 · The Pulpit CommentaryEXPOSITIONHosea 1:3-9Hosea 1:3-9 · The Pulpit CommentaryHosea's children.
Not only was the prophet's marriage to be a sign; the children were to be for signs also. So, afterwards, were Isaiah's sons in Judah (Isaiah 7:3, Isaiah 7:14; Isaiah 8:3). Hosea's ill-starred…Hosea 1:3-9Hosea 1:3-9 · The Pulpit CommentaryChildren of whoredoms.
Hosea's children, like Isaiah's, were to be "for signs and wonders" in Israel (Isaiah 8:18). Their names—Jezreel, Lo-ruhamah, Lo-ammi—were significant. A prophetic word was attached to each.
I.…