Matthew Henry Commentary Hosea 1:8-11

"Now when she had weaned Lo-ruhamah, she conceived, and bare a son. And [Jehovah] said, Call his name Lo-ammi; for ye are not my people, and I will not be your [God]. Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass that, in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, it shall be said unto them, [Ye are] the sons of the living God. And the children of Judah and the children of Israel shall be gathered together, and they shall appoint themselves one head, and shall go up from the land; for great shall be the day of Jezreel." — Hosea 1:8-11 (ASV)

The rejection of Israel for a time is signified by the name of another child: call him Lo-ammi, not my people. The Lord disowns all relation to them. We love him because he first loved us; but our being cast out of covenant is owing to ourselves and our folly. Mercy is remembered in the midst of wrath; the rejection, as it shall not be total, so it shall not be final.

The same hand that wounded is stretched out to heal. Very precious promises are given here concerning the Israel of God, and they may be of use to us now. Some think that these promises will not be fully accomplished until the general conversion of the Jews in the latter days. This promise is also applied to the gospel, and the bringing in both the Jews and Gentiles to it, by Saint Paul (Romans 9:25–26) and by Saint Peter (1 Peter 2:10). To believe in Christ is to have him for our Head and willingly to commit ourselves to his guidance and government.

And let us pray for the coming of the glorious day when there shall be one Lord throughout all the earth.