Lo-ammi

Symbolical name of a son of Hosea, signifying 'not my people.' Ho 1:9. The same words occur in Ho 1:10 and Ho 2:23, but are there translated. Because of the sin of Israel they for a time are ostensibly not God's people. God has not changed His purpose concerning His ancient people, Ro 11:29; He has only changed His manner toward them. Ho 2:23 adds "I will say to them which were not my people, Thou art my people; and they shall say, Thou art my God." This will be when God's set time arrives for bringing them again into blessing. The wording of Ho 1:10, quoted in Ro 9:26, leaves room for the Gentiles as 'sons of the living God.'

Lo-am'mi

(not my people), the figurative name given by the prophet Hosea to his second son by Gomer the daughter of Diblaim,

Ho 1:9

to denote the rejection of the kingdom of Israel by Jehovah. Its significance is explained in vs. 9,10