Osea 1:9

9 E l’Eterno disse ad Osea: "Mettigli nome Lo-ammi; poiché voi non siete mio popolo, e io non son vostro".

Osea 1:9 Meaning and Commentary

Hosea 1:9

Then said God, call his name Loammi
Which Aben Ezra interprets of the children of the ten tribes horn in captivity, who never returned; but it rather signifies the ten tribes themselves, who were carried captive and had this name given them for the reason following: for ye are not my people;
though he had chosen them to be his people above all people, and had distinguished them from others by various blessings and privileges; yet they did not behave as such to him; they did not serve, obey, and worship him, but the calves at Dan and Bethel; and therefore did not deserve the name of his people: hence he says, and I will not be your
or "yours" ^F1; that is, as we supply it, and so Aben Ezra, "your God"; will not behave toward you as such; will not take you under my care and protection, or continue you in your land, and in the enjoyment of the blessings of it; will not be your King, patron, and defender, but give you up into the hands of your enemies. This respects the captivity of the ten tribes by Shalmaneser, ( 2 Kings 17:6 ) . The Targum is,

``for ye are not my people; because ye do not confirm the words of my law, my word shall not be your help.''

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FOOTNOTES:

F1 (Mkl hyha al) "non ero vester", Pagninus; "nec ego sum futurus vester", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator.

Osea 1:9 In-Context

7 Ma avrò compassione della casa di Giuda; li salverò mediante l’Eterno, il loro Dio; non li salverò mediante arco, né spada, né battaglia, né cavalli, né cavalieri".

8 Or quand’ella ebbe divezzato Lo-ruhama, concepì e partorì un figliuolo.

9 E l’Eterno disse ad Osea: "Mettigli nome Lo-ammi; poiché voi non siete mio popolo, e io non son vostro".

10 Nondimeno, il numero de’ figliuoli d’Israele sarà come la rena del mare, che non si può misurare né contare; e avverrà che invece di dir loro, come si diceva: "Voi non siete mio popolo", sarà loro detto: "Siete figliuoli dell’Iddio vivente".

11 E i figliuoli di Giuda e i figliuoli d’Israele si aduneranno assieme, si daranno un capo unico, e saliranno fuor dal paese; poiché grande è il giorno di Jizreel.