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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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Albert Barnes
On Hosea 1:6
18th Century
Theologian
Call her name Lo-ruhamah - The name is rendered in Paul not beloved (Romans 9:25), in Peter, hath not obtained merc…
Charles Ellicott
On Hosea 1:6
19th Century
Bishop
Lo-ruhamah. —“Unloved,” or, perhaps, “unpitied.” The prophet’s growing despondency about his country’s future is revealed in her n…
John Calvin
On Hosea 1:6
16th Century
Theologian
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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John Gill
On Hosea 1:6
17th Century
Pastor
And she conceived again, and bore a daughter
One of the weaker sex; denoting the weaker state of the kingdom of Isra…
Matthew Henry
On Hosea 1:1–7
17th Century
Minister
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…