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Hosea 1:1-11

Not My People, Yet Sons of the Living God

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Not My People, Yet Sons of the Living God

Hosea 1:1-11

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This song belongs to the Hosea collection. One recording is available to play here, with the complete lyrics below.

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[Litany] A prophet took vows with a wound in the room, Lo-ammi was carried through a covenant torn, A household became what the nation had done. Not my people, the terrible name of the son. Jezreel was spoken where blood stained the field, Lo-ammi was carried through a covenant torn, Lo-ruhamah answered: mercy withheld. Not my people, the terrible name of the son. [Verse 2] Name after name struck the floor like a drum, Yet judgment was not the last word to come. The sand of the sea cannot number the grace, The living God calls lost children by name. [Refrain] Lo-ammi was carried through a covenant torn, Not my people, the terrible name of the son. [Bridge] Judah and Israel gather beneath one head, The scattered arise where the sentence was read. The valley once broken will carry new seed, Not my people, yet sons of the Living indeed. [Final Chorus] Lo-ammi was carried through a covenant torn, Not my people, the terrible name of the son. Not my people, yet sons of the Living indeed.

Named in this songJezreel

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Hosea 1: Names that announce judgment and then change direction

Hosea opens by placing the prophetic word inside the reigns of named kings, then makes the prophet's household carry an accusation against the northern kingdom. Gomer's marriage and the children's names are not treated as private curiosities. Jezreel announces accountability for bloodshed and the breaking of Israel's military power. Lo-ruhamah and Lo-ammi press the judgment further by naming withdrawn mercy and denied covenant belonging. Yet the chapter changes direction before the accusation has even finished developing. Israel is again compared with the innumerable sand, the people called "not my people" are promised the name "sons of the living God," and Judah and Israel are gathered under one head. Even Jezreel is left open to a future larger than its first announcement of judgment.

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