Bible Strands
Hosea 2:1
“Say of your brothers, ‘My people,’ and of your sisters, ‘My loved one.’
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The prophet addresses Israel, commanding them to adopt new covenant designations following a period of marital unfaithfulness and impending judgment.
The words — The imperative אִמְר֥וּ ('imRu) means "say," directing the people to declare עַמִּי ('ammi) as "my people" and רֻחָמָה (ruChamah) as "one shown compassion."
The thread — This restoration of identity appears in Ezekiel 37:27, where God promises to dwell among them and be their God, and is applied in 1 Peter 2:10 to those who previously lacked mercy but now possess it.
Why it lands — The text requires readers to cease defining themselves by past rebellion and begin using the covenant terms God has restored.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Say ye unto your brethren, Ammi; and to your sisters, Ru–hamah.
Cross-references
- 1 Peter 2:10 Once 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 37:27 My dwelling place will be with them; I will be their God, and they will be My people.
- Hosea 2:23 And 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 Just as you who formerly disobeyed God have now received mercy through their disobedience,
- 1 Timothy 1:13 I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent man; yet because I had acted in ignorance and unbelief, I was shown mercy.
- Exodus 19:5 Now 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.
- 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.
- Jeremiah 32:38 They will be My people, and I will be their God.
- Ezekiel 11:20 so that they may follow My statutes, keep My ordinances, and practice them. Then they will be My people, and I will be their God.
- Ezekiel 36:28 Then you will live in the land that I gave your forefathers; you will be My people, and I will be your God.