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 · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Say ye unto your brethren, Ammi; and to your sisters, Ru–hamah.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Say 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) · 1752

Say ye to your brethren: You are my people: and to your sister: Thou hast obtained mercy.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Say 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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