Hosea 2:1
What does Hosea 2:1 mean?
A plain-English look at Hosea 2:1 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Say ye unto your brethren, Ammi; and to your sisters, Ruhamah.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Say ye unto your brethren, Ammi; and to your sisters, Ru–hamah.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Say ye unto your brethren, Ammi; and to your sisters, Ruhamah.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Say to your brothers, Ammi; and to your sisters, Ruhamah.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862`Say ye to your brethren--Ammi, And to your sisters--Ruhamah.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Say ye to your brethren: You are my people: and to your sister: Thou hast obtained mercy.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Say unto your brethren Ammi; and to your sisters, Ruhamah.
Context
v.1This passage
v.2Contend with your mother, contend; for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband; and let her put away her whoredoms from her face, and her adulteries from between her breasts;
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Jeremiah 31:33
But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith Jehovah: I will put my law in their inward parts, and in their heart will I write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
- Hosea 1:9
And Jehovah said, Call his name Lo-ammi; for ye are not my people, and I will not be your God.
- Jeremiah 32:38
And they shall be my people, and I will be their God:
- Ezekiel 11:20
that they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.
- Romans 11:30
For as ye in time past were disobedient to God, but now have obtained mercy by their disobedience,
- Exodus 19:5
Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be mine own possession from among all peoples: for all the earth is mine:
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