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However, I do have pity on the house of Judah,
    and I will save them by the Lord, their God.
But I will not deliver them by war,
    nor by sword or bow,
    nor by horses or horsemen.”[a]

After Gomer had weaned Lo-ruhama, she conceived and bore him a son. Then the Lord said:

“Give him the name Lo-ammi,
    for you are not my people,
    and I am not your God.”

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 1:7 This verse was probably added by a Judean editor in order to exclude Jerusalem from the threat; Jerusalem was, in fact, spared from the Assyrian peril in 701 B.C.