Hosea 2:1

Say ye unto your brethren, Ammi; and to your sisters, Ruhamah.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Say	אִמְר֥וּ 'im.Ru	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine plural
brethren	לַאֲחֵיכֶ֖ם la.'a.chei.Khem	H251	a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relation… · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine plural
Ammi	עַמִּ֑י 'a.Mi	H5971	a people (as a congregated unit) · noun, common both genders singular construct + pronominal suffix
sisters	וְלַאֲחֽוֹתֵיכֶ֖ם ve.la.'a.cho.tei.Khem	H269	a sister (used very widely (like brother) · conjunction + preposition + noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine plural
Ru-hamah	רֻחָֽמָה ru.Cha.mah	H7355	to fondle · verb, pual perfect, 3rd person feminine singular

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Cross-references

1 Peter 2:10 Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
Ezekiel 37:27 My tabernacle also shall be with them: yea, I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Hosea 2:23 And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them which were not m…
Romans 11:30-31 For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief:
1 Timothy 1:13 Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.
Exodus 19:5-6 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all…
Jeremiah 31:33 But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inwar…
Jeremiah 32:38 And they shall be my people, and I will be their God:

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Hosea 2:1-5

The first words of this chapter some make the close of the foregoing chapter, and add them to the promises which we have here of the great things God would do for them. When they shall have appointed Christ their head, and centered in him, then let them say to one another, with triumph and exultation (let the prophets say it to them, so the Chaldee - Comfort you, comfort you, my people, is now their commission), "say to them, Ammi, and Ruhamah; call them so again, for they shall no longer lie under the reproach and doom of Lo-ammi and Lo-ruhamah; they shall now be my people again, and shall obtain mercy." God's spiritual Israel, made up of Jews and Gentiles without distinction, shall call on…

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John Gill on Hosea 2:1

Say ye unto your brethren, Ammi; and to your sisters, Ruhamah. These words are to be considered either in connection with the latter part of the preceding chapter, and as directed to the sons of the living God, who had not been, but now were, "Ammi", the Lord's people; and who had not, but now have, "Ruhamah", obtained mercy; which grace and mercy shown them, it became them to speak of one to another, to affect their hearts mutually with it, and to glorify God for it, Malachi 3:16 as also to speak of it to their carnal relations, that so, if it was the will of God, it might be of use to them, to show them the state they were in, the danger of it, their need of the grace and mercy of God, and…

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John Calvin on Hosea 2:1

Hosea 2:1 1. Say ye unto your brethren, Ammi; and to your sisters, Ruhamah. 1. Dicite fratribus vestris-- Populus meus; et sororibus vestris-- Dilecta. The Prophet having spoken of the people's restoration, and promised that God would some time receive into favour those whom he had before rejected, now exhorts the faithful mutually to stir up one another to receive this favour. He had previously mentioned a public proclamation; for it is not in the power of men to make themselves the children of God, but God himself freely adopts them. But now the mutual exhortation of which the Prophet speaks follows the proclamation; for God at the same time invites us to himself. After we are taught i…

The Church Fathers

"Tell your brothers and sisters, my people, that they have attained mercy." LXX: "Say to your brother, my people, and to your sister, having obtained mercy." Because the day of Jezrael is great, on which Judas and Israel will have one prince, and it will not be said of Israel, "you are not my people," but on the contrary they will be called the children of the living God. Therefore, O men of the tribe of Judah, do not despair of the ten tribes' salvation, but daily provoke them to repentance by speech, prayer, vow and letters because they are your brothers and sisters: brothers because they are called "my people," sisters because they are called "having obtained mercy." Otherwise: You who believe in Christ, being both from the Jews and from the Gentiles, say to those who have been cut off and to the former people, "You are my people," because they are your brothers, and "having obtained mercy" because they are your sisters. "For when the fullness of the Gentiles has entered, then all Israel shall be saved." (Romans 11:25). The same thing is prescribed to us, that we do not completely despair of heretics, but that we provoke them to penance: and we desire their salvation with the affection of brotherhood.
— Jerome, Commentary on Hosea 2:1

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Dictionary and topics

Ammi — My people, a name given by Jehovah to the people of Israel (Hos. 2:1, 23. Comp. 1:9; Ezek. 16:8; Rom. 9:25, 26; 1 Pet. 2:10).
Fornication — In every form of it was sternly condemned by the Mosaic law (Lev. 21:9; 19:29; Deut. 22:20, 21, 23-29; 23:18; Ex. 22:16). (See ADULTERY.) But this word is more frequently used in a symbolical than in…
Ruhamah, Or Ruhamah — (having obtained mercy). (Hosea 2:1) The name if name it be, is symbolical, and is addressed to the DAUGHTERS of the people, to denote that they were still the objects of love and tender compassion.
Ammi · A figurative name given to Israel — A figurative name given to Israel
Israel, Prophecies Concerning · .Of — .Of
Name · SYMBOLI — SYMBOLI
Ruhamah · A symbolic name of Israel — A symbolic name of Israel

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Hosea 2:1

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Hosea 2:1-5

John Gill on Hosea 2:1

John Calvin on Hosea 2:1

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Hosea 2:1

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Hosea 2:1-5

John Gill on Hosea 2:1

John Calvin on Hosea 2:1

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Hosea 2:1

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Hosea 2:1

Rashi on Hosea 2:1