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Hosea 2:1

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2:1Then you will call1 your2 brother, “My People” (Ammi)! You will call your sister, “Pity” (Ruhamah)!

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  1. 1 Heb “Say to.…” The imperative אִמְרוּ (’imru, Qal imperative masculine plural) functions rhetorically, as an example of erotesis of one verbal form (imperative) for another (indicative). The imperative is used as a rhetorical device to emphasize the certainty of a future action.
  2. 2 The suffixes on the nouns אֲחֵיכֶם (’akhekhem, “your brother”) and אֲחוֹתֵיכֶם (’akhotekhem, “your sister”) are both plural forms. The brother/sister imagery is being applied to Israel and Judah collectively.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Say to your brothers, “You are my people,” and to your sisters, “You have received mercy.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“Say of your brothers, ‘My people,’ and of your sisters, ‘My loved one.’

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Call your brothers: My People

and your sisters: Compassion.

NLTNew Living Translation

“In that day you will call your brothers Ammi—‘My people.’ And you will call your sisters Ruhamah—‘The ones I love.’

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Say to your brother, “Ammi,”

and to your sister, “Ruhamah.”

KJV 1900King James Version

Say ye unto your brethren, Ammi;

And to your sisters, Ru-hamah.