Hosea 2:1
New International Version
“Say of your brothers, ‘My people,’ and of your sisters, ‘My loved one.’

New Living Translation
“In that day you will call your brothers Ammi—‘My people.’ And you will call your sisters Ruhamah—‘The ones I love.’

English Standard Version
Say to your brothers, “You are my people,” and to your sisters, “You have received mercy.”

Berean Standard Bible
“Say of your brothers, ‘My people,’ and of your sisters, ‘My loved one.’

King James Bible
Say ye unto your brethren, Ammi; and to your sisters, Ruhamah.

New King James Version
Say to your brethren, ‘My people,’ And to your sisters, ‘Mercy is shown.

New American Standard Bible
Say to your brothers, “Ammi,” and to your sisters, “Ruhamah.”

NASB 1995
Say to your brothers, “Ammi,” and to your sisters, “Ruhamah.”

NASB 1977
Say to your brothers, “Ammi,” and to your sisters, “Ruhamah.”

Legacy Standard Bible
Say to your brothers, “Ammi,” and to your sisters, “Ruhamah.”

Amplified Bible
“[Hosea,] say to your brothers, ‘Ammi (you are my people),’ and to your sisters, ‘Ruhamah (you have been pitied and have obtained mercy).’

Christian Standard Bible
Call your brothers: My People and your sisters: Compassion.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Call your brothers: My People and your sisters: Compassion.

American Standard Version
Say ye unto your brethren, Ammi; and to your sisters, Ruhamah.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Call your brethren Ammi and your sisters Rakhimtha

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Say to your brother, My people, and to your sister, Pitied.

Contemporary English Version
So let your brothers be called "My People" and your sisters be called "Shown Mercy."

Douay-Rheims Bible
Say ye to your brethren: You are my people, and to your sister: Thou hast obtained mercy.

English Revised Version
Say ye unto your brethren, Ammi; and to your sisters, Ruhamah.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"So call your brothers Ammi [My People], and call your sisters Ruhamah [Loved].

Good News Translation
So call your fellow Israelites "God's People" and "Loved-by-the-Lord."

International Standard Version
So call your brothers 'Ammi,' and your sisters 'Ruhamah.'"

JPS Tanakh 1917
Say ye unto your brethren: ' Ammi'; and to your sisters, ' Ruhamah.'

Literal Standard Version
“Say to your brothers—Ammi, | And to your sisters—Ruhamah.

Majority Standard Bible
“Say of your brothers, ‘My people,’ and of your sisters, ‘My loved one.’

New American Bible
Say to your brothers, “My People,” and to your sisters, “Pitied.”

NET Bible
Then you will call your brother, "My People" (Ammi)! You will call your sister, "Pity" (Ruhamah)!

New Revised Standard Version
Say to your brother, Ammi, and to your sister, Ruhamah.

New Heart English Bible
"Say to your brothers, 'My People.' and to your sisters, 'Compassion.'

Webster's Bible Translation
Say ye to your brethren, Ammi; and to your sisters, Ruhamah.

World English Bible
“Say to your brothers, ‘My people!’ and to your sisters, ‘My loved one!’

Young's Literal Translation
'Say ye to your brethren -- Ammi, And to your sisters -- Ruhamah.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Israel's Adultery Rebuked
1“Say of your brothers, ‘My people,’ and of your sisters, ‘My loved one.’ 2Rebuke your mother, rebuke her, for she is not My wife, and I am not her husband. Let her remove the adultery from her face and the unfaithfulness from between her breasts.…

Cross References
Hosea 1:11
Then the people of Judah and of Israel will be gathered together, and they will appoint for themselves one leader, and will go up out of the land. For great will be the day of Jezreel.

Hosea 2:2
Rebuke your mother, rebuke her, for she is not My wife, and I am not her husband. Let her remove the adultery from her face and the unfaithfulness from between her breasts.


Treasury of Scripture

Say you to your brothers, Ammi; and to your sisters, Ruhamah.

unto.

Hosea 1:9-11
Then said God, Call his name Loammi: for ye are not my people, and I will not be your God

Ammi.

Exodus 19:5,6
Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine: …

Jeremiah 31:33
But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.

Jeremiah 32:38
And they shall be my people, and I will be their God:

Ruhamah.

Hosea 2:23
And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them which were not my people, Thou art my people; and they shall say, Thou art my God.

Romans 11:30,31
For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief: …

2 Corinthians 4:1
Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;

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Hosea 2
1. The idolatry of the people.
6. God's judgments against them.
14. His promises of reconciliation with them.
















Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
“Say of
אִמְר֥וּ (’im·rū)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's 559: To utter, say

your brothers,
לַאֲחֵיכֶ֖ם (la·’ă·ḥê·ḵem)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's 251: A brother, )

‘My people,’
עַמִּ֑י (‘am·mî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

and of your sisters,
וְלַאֲחֽוֹתֵיכֶ֖ם (wə·la·’ă·ḥō·w·ṯê·ḵem)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - feminine plural construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's 269: Sister -- a sister

‘My loved one.’
רֻחָֽמָה׃ (ru·ḥā·māh)
Verb - Pual - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 7355: To fondle, to love, to compassionate


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