5. On that day I will break Israel’s bows and arrows in the valley of Jezreel.”
6. Gomer became pregnant again and had a daughter. The Lord told Hosea, “Name her Lo Ruhamah [Unloved]. I will no longer love the nation of Israel. I will no longer forgive them.
7. Yet, I will love the descendants of Judah. I will rescue them because I am the Lord their God. I won’t use bows, swords, wars, horses, or horsemen to rescue them.”
8. After Gomer had weaned Lo Ruhamah, she became pregnant again and had a son.
9. The Lord said, “Name him Lo Ammi [Not My People]. You are no longer my people, and I am no longer your God.,
10. “Yet, the Israelites will become as numerous as the grains of sand on the seashore. No one will be able to measure them or count them. Wherever they were told, ‘You are not my people,’ they will be told, ‘You are the children of the living God.’
11. The people of Judah and Israel will be gathered together. They will appoint one leader for themselves, and they will grow in the land. The day of Jezreel will be a great day.