Hosea 2:1

Hosea's Marriage And Children

¹ “[Hosea,] say to your brothers, ‘Ammi (you are my people),’ and to your sisters, ‘Ruhamah (you have been pitied and have obtained mercy).’ ²
“Contend with your mother (nation); contend,
For she is not my wife and I am not her husband;
And have her remove her [marks of] prostitution from her face
And her adultery from between her breasts

In that Day

My People

Obtained Mercy

Received Mercy

Ammi

Hosea

Ruhamah

Hosea 2:23

“I will sow her for Myself in the land.
I will also have mercy on her who had not obtained mercy;
And I will say to those who were not My people,
‘You are My people,’
And they will say, ‘You are my God!’”

Exodus 19:5-6

Now therefore, if you will in fact obey My voice and keep My covenant (agreement), then you shall be My own special possession and treasure from among all peoples [of the world], for all the earth is Mine;

Jeremiah 31:33

“But this is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel after those days,” says the Lord, “I will put My law within them, and I will write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they will be My people.

Jeremiah 32:38

They will be My people, and I will be their God;

Ezekiel 11:20

that they may walk in My statutes and keep My ordinances and do them. Then they shall be My people, and I will be their God.

Ezekiel 36:28

You will live in the land that I gave to your fathers; and you will be My people, and I will be your God.

Ezekiel 37:27

My dwelling place also will be with them; and I will be their God, and they will be My people.

Hosea 1:9-11

And the Lord said, “Name him Lo-Ammi (not my people), for you are not My people and I am not your God.”

Zechariah 13:9

“And I will bring the third part through the fire,
Refine them as silver is refined,
And test them as gold is tested.
They will call on My name,
And I will listen and answer them;
I will say, ‘They are My people,’
And they will say, ‘The Lord is my God.’”

Romans 11:30-31

Just as you once were disobedient and failed to listen to God, but have now obtained mercy because of their disobedience,

2 Corinthians 4:1

Therefore, since we have this ministry, just as we received mercy [from God, granting us salvation, opportunities, and blessings], we do not get discouraged nor lose our motivation.

1 Timothy 1:13

even though I was formerly a blasphemer [of our Lord] and a persecutor [of His church] and a shameful and outrageous and violent aggressor [toward believers]. Yet I was shown mercy because I acted out of ignorance in unbelief.

1 Peter 2:10

Once you were not a people [at all], but now you are God’s people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.