OLD TESTAMENT

Hosea 1:9

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9

He said, “Call his name Lo-Ammi, for you are not my people, and I will not be yours.

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Verse 9. Not my people. Lohammi. Challoner.—The kingdom of Israel seemed to be quite cast off; and in captivity it was hardly distinguished from other nations. Juda was preserved longer, and at all times was under the divine protection. Ezechiel, Daniel, and so forth comforted the people in the worst of their afflictions. Calmet.

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Lo-Ammi means “not my people”.

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