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She conceived again, and bore a daughter. [Yahweh] said to him, Call her name Look-ruhamah; for I will no more have mercy on the house of Israel, that I should in any wise pardon them.
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A Name of Heartbreak
The name "Lo-ruhamah" means "no mercy" or "unpitied." Commentators explain that the original Hebrew word implies a deep, tender, fatherly love. Therefore, the name signifies more than a legal withdrawal of pardon; it represents the heartbreaking removal of God's intimate, compassionate care from the nation of Israel due to their persistent sin.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Call her name Lo-ruhamah - The name is rendered in Paul not beloved (Romans 9:25), in Peter, hath not obtained merc…
19th Century
Anglican
Lo-ruhamah. —“Unloved,” or, perhaps, “unpitied.” The prophet’s growing despondency about his country’s future is revealed in her n…
16th Century
Protestant
The Prophet shows in this verse that things had become worse and worse in the kingdom of Israel: they sinned, keeping within no limits, and rushed …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And she conceived again, and bore a daughter One of the weaker sex; denoting the weaker state of the kingdom of Isra…
Israel was prosperous, yet Hosea boldly told them of their sins and foretold their destruction. People are not to be flattered in sinful ways becau…
