Israel’s Adultery Rebuked
Hosea 2:1
In 11 translations
- BSB
- “Say of your brothers, ‘My people,’ and of your sisters, ‘My loved one.’Hebrew AmmiOr Mercy is shown; Hebrew Ruhamah, which means she has received mercy
- KJV
- Say ye unto your brethren, Ammi; and to your sisters, Ru-hamah.Ammi: that is, My peopleRu-hamah: that is, Having obtained mercy
- WEB
- “Say to your brothers, ‘My people!’ and to your sisters, ‘My loved one!’‘Ammi’ in Hebrew‘Ruhamah’ in Hebrew
- ASV
- Say ye unto your brethren, Ammi; and to your sisters, Ruhamah.
- LSV
- “Say to your brothers—Ammi, || And to your sisters—Ruhamah.
- YLT
- 'Say ye to your brethren — Ammi, And to your sisters — Ruhamah.
- DBY
- Say unto your brethren Ammi; and to your sisters, Ruhamah.
- DRC
- Say ye to your brethren: You are my people, and to your sister: Thou hast obtained mercy.
- GNV
- Say vnto your brethren, Ammi, and to your sisters, Ruhamah,
- JPS2:3
- Say ye unto your brethren: 'Ammi'; and to your sisters, 'Ruhamah.'
- LXXE2:3
- Say to your brother, My people, and to your sister, Pitied.
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Original-language editions
- WLC2:3
- אִמְר֥וּ לַאֲחֵיכֶ֖ם עַמִּ֑י וְלַאֲחֽוֹתֵיכֶ֖ם רֻחָֽמָה׃KJV:Hos.2.1
- LXX-Br2:3
- Εἴπατε τῷ ἀδελφῷ ὑμῶν, λαός μου, καὶ τῇ ἀδελφῇ ὑμῶν, ἠλεημένη.
Who and where
◆ Prophecies of Hosea
People, places and events the Theographic dataset links to this verse.
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
AmmiRuhamah, or RuhamahRuhamahLo-AmmiNameFornicationBaalCondescension of GodProphecy; ProphetsBacksliders
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Cross-references most cited first
- 1 Peter 2:10Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
- Ezekiel 37:27My dwelling place will be with them; I will be their God, and they will be My people.
- 1 Timothy 1:13I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent man; yet because I had acted in ignorance and unbelief, I was shown mercy.
- Hosea 2:23And I will sow her as My own in the land, and I will have compassion on ‘No Compassion.’ I will say to those called ‘Not My People,’ ‘You are My people,’ and they will say, ‘You are my God.’”
- Romans 11:30–31Just as you who formerly disobeyed God have now received mercy through their disobedience, so they too have now disobeyed, in order that they too may now receive mercy through the mercy shown to you.
- Ezekiel 11:20so that they may follow My statutes, keep My ordinances, and practice them. Then they will be My people, and I will be their God.
- Hosea 1:9–11And the LORD said, “Name him Lo-ammi, for you are not My people, and I am not your God. Yet the number of the Israelites will be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or counted. And it will happen that in…
- Zechariah 13:9This third I will bring through the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are My people,’ and they will say, ‘The LORD is our…
- 2 Corinthians 4:1Therefore, since God in His mercy has given us this ministry, we do not lose heart.
- Jeremiah 32:38They will be My people, and I will be their God.
- Jeremiah 31:33“But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.
- Exodus 19:5–6Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine. And unto Me you shall be a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These…
- Ezekiel 36:28Then you will live in the land that I gave your forefathers; you will be My people, and I will be your God.
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 2:3 in some Bibles
- 2:1 in most Bibles