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Then Adonai said to him:

“Name him Jezreel[a] for in yet a little while
I will visit the blood of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu,
and I will destroy the kingdom of the house of Israel.
In that day I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel.”

Then she conceived again, and bore a daughter. And He said to him:

“Name her Lo-ruhamah[b]
    for no longer will I have compassion on the house of Israel
    that I should ever pardon them.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 1:4 Meaning, God will sow or God will scatter.
  2. Hosea 1:6 Meaning, Shown no compassion.