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Then the Lord said: Give him the name “Not-My-People,”[a] for you are not my people, and I am not “I am” for you.

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  1. 1:9 “Not-My-People”: in Hebrew lo-ammi. I am not “I am” for you: a reference to the divine name revealed to Moses, “I am” (Ex 3:14). This reversal of the relationship marks the end of the covenant (Ex 6:7).

25 I will sow her for myself in the land,
    and I will have pity on Not-Pitied.
I will say to Not-My-People, “You are my people,”(A)
    and he will say, “My God!”

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She conceived again and bore a daughter. The Lord said to him: Give her the name “Not-Pitied,”[a] for I will no longer feel pity for the house of Israel: rather, I will utterly abhor them.

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  1. 1:6 “Not-Pitied”: in Hebrew lo-ruhama.