Parallel Verses
NET Bible
Then you will call your brother, "My People" (Ammi)! You will call your sister, "Pity" (Ruhamah)!
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Say ye unto your brethren, Ammi; and to your sisters, Ruhamah.
Holman Bible
and your sisters: Compassion.
A Conservative Version
Say ye to your brothers, Ammi, and to your sisters, Ruhamah.
American Standard Version
Say ye unto your brethren, Ammi; and to your sisters, Ruhamah.
Amplified
“[Hosea,] say to your brothers, ‘Ammi (you are my people),’ and to your sisters, ‘Ruhamah (you have been pitied and have obtained mercy).’
Bible in Basic English
Say to your brothers, Ammi; and to your sisters, Ruhamah.
Darby Translation
Say unto your brethren Ammi; and to your sisters, Ruhamah.
Julia Smith Translation
Say ye to your brethren, My people; and to your sisters, Being compassionated.
King James 2000
Say you unto your brethren, Ammi; and to your sisters, Ruhamah.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Say to your brother, "Ammi," and to your sister, "Ruhamah."
Modern King James verseion
Say to your brothers, A People; and to your sisters, Mercy.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Tell your brethren, that they are my people; and your sistren, that they have obtained mercy.
New Heart English Bible
"Say to your brothers, 'My people.' and to your sisters, 'My loved one.'
The Emphasized Bible
Say ye unto your brethren, O Ammi, and unto your sisters, O Ruhamah:
Webster
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!'
Youngs Literal Translation
Say ye to your brethren -- Ammi, And to your sisters -- Ruhamah.
Interlinear
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References
Word Count of 19 Translations in Hosea 2:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
Hosea's Marriage And Children
1 Then you will call your brother, "My People" (Ammi)! You will call your sister, "Pity" (Ruhamah)! 2 Plead earnestly with your mother (for she is not my wife, and I am not her husband), so that she might put an end to her adulterous lifestyle, and turn away from her sexually immoral behavior.
Cross References
Hosea 2:23
Then I will plant her as my own in the land. I will have pity on 'No Pity' (Lo-Ruhamah). I will say to 'Not My People' (Lo-Ammi), 'You are my people!' And he will say, 'You are my God!'"
Exodus 19:5-6
And now, if you will diligently listen to me and keep my covenant, then you will be my special possession out of all the nations, for all the earth is mine,
Jeremiah 31:33
"But I will make a new covenant with the whole nation of Israel after I plant them back in the land," says the Lord. "I will put my law within them and write it on their hearts and minds. I will be their God and they will be my people.
Jeremiah 32:38
They will be my people, and I will be their God.
Ezekiel 11:20
so that they may follow my statutes and observe my regulations and carry them out. Then they will be my people, and I will be their God.
Ezekiel 36:28
Then you will live in the land I gave to your fathers; you will be my people, and I will be your God.
Ezekiel 37:27
My dwelling place will be with them; I will be their God, and they will be my people.
Hosea 1:9-11
Then the Lord said: "Name him 'Not My People' (Lo-Ammi), because you are not my people and I am not your God."
Zechariah 13:9
Then I will bring the remaining third into the fire; I will refine them like silver is refined and will test them like gold is tested. They will call on my name and I will answer; I will say, 'These are my people,' and they will say, 'The Lord is my God.'"
Romans 11:30-31
Just as you were formerly disobedient to God, but have now received mercy due to their disobedience,
2 Corinthians 4:1
Therefore, since we have this ministry, just as God has shown us mercy, we do not become discouraged.
1 Timothy 1:13
even though I was formerly a blasphemer and a persecutor, and an arrogant man. But I was treated with mercy because I acted ignorantly in unbelief,
1 Peter 2:10
You once were not a people, but now you are God's people. You were shown no mercy, but now you have received mercy.