Hosea 2:23

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them that were not my people, Thou art my people; and they shall say, [Thou art] my God.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

‫וְהָיָ֣ה ׀ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֗וּא אֶֽעֱנֶה֙ נְאֻם־יְהוָ֔ה אֶעֱנֶ֖ה אֶת־הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם וְהֵ֖ם יַעֲנ֥וּ אֶת־הָאָֽרֶץ׃‬

Transliteration

And wəhāyāh in-the-yôm that ʾeʿĕneh nəʾum-Yhwh, ʾeʿĕneh ʾet-the-šāmayim, and they yaʿănû ʾet-the-ʾāreṣ.

Grammar Details

• *wəhāyāh*: conjunction + qal perfect, 3rd singular, masculine - and it will be
• *yôm*: noun, masculine, singular - day
• *ʾeʿĕneh*: qal imperfect, 1st singular - I will answer
• *nəʾum*: construct noun, masculine, singular - declaration of
• *Yhwh*: proper noun - YHWH
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *šāmayim*: noun, masculine, plural - heavens
• *yaʿănû*: qal imperfect, 3rd plural, masculine - they will answer
• *ʾāreṣ*: noun, feminine, singular - earth

Word Meanings

• *wəhāyāh*: and it will be/happen/come to pass
• *yôm*: day/time
• *ʾeʿĕneh*: I will answer/respond/hear
• *nəʾum*: declaration/utterance/oracle of
• *Yhwh*: YHWH/the LORD/Yahweh
• *šāmayim*: heavens/sky
• *yaʿănû*: they will answer/respond/hear
• *ʾāreṣ*: earth/land/ground

Referenced Verses

• Rom 9:25-26 : 25 As he saith also in Hosea, I will call that my people, which was not my people; And her beloved, that was not beloved. 26 And it shall be, [that] in the place {G3757} where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, There shall they be called sons of the living God.
• 1 Pet 2:9-9 : 9 But ye are an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a {G1519} people for [God's] own possession, that ye may show forth the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvellous light: 10 who in time past were no people, but now are the people of God: who had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
• Zech 13:9 : 9 And I will bring the third part into the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried. They shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people; and they shall say, Jehovah is my God.
• Hos 1:6 : 6 And she conceived again, and bare a daughter. And [Jehovah] said unto him, Call her name Lo-ruhamah; for I will no more have mercy upon the house of Israel, that I should in any wise pardon them.
• Jer 31:27 : 27 Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man, and with the seed of beast.
• Ps 68:31 : 31 Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall haste to stretch out her hands unto God.
• Rev 21:3-4 : 3 And I heard a great voice out of the throne saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he shall dwell with them, and they shall be his peoples, and God himself shall be with them, [ and be] their God: 4 and he shall wipe away every tear from their eyes; and death shall be no more; neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, {G2071} nor pain, any more: the first things are passed away.
• Jer 16:19 : 19 O Jehovah, my strength, and my stronghold, and my refuge in the day of affliction, unto thee shall the nations come from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Our fathers have inherited nought but lies, [even] vanity and things wherein there is no profit.
• Rom 11:30-32 : 30 For as ye in time past were disobedient to God, but now have obtained mercy by their disobedience, 31 even so have these also now been disobedient, that by the mercy shown to you they also may now obtain mercy. 32 For God hath shut up all unto disobedience, that he might have mercy upon all.
• Rom 15:9-9 : 9 and that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, Therefore {G5124} will I give praise unto thee among the Gentiles, And sing unto thy name. 10 And again he saith, Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people. 11 And again, Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles; And let all the peoples praise him.
• 1 Thess 1:9-9 : 9 For they themselves report concerning us what manner of entering in we had unto you; and how ye turned unto God from idols, to serve a living and true God, 10 and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, [even] Jesus, who delivereth us from the wrath to come.
• Rom 3:29 : 29 Or is God [the God] of Jews only? is he not [the] [God] of Gentiles also? Yea, of Gentiles also:
• Deut 26:17-19 : 17 Thou hast avouched Jehovah this day to be thy God, and that thou wouldest walk in his ways, and keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his ordinances, and hearken unto his voice: 18 and Jehovah hath avouched thee this day to be a people for his own possession, as he hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all his commandments; 19 and to make thee high above all nations that he hath made, in praise, and in name, and in honor; and that thou mayest be a holy people unto Jehovah thy God, as he hath spoken.
• Ps 22:27 : 27 All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn unto Jehovah; And all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
• Hos 1:9-9 : 9 And [Jehovah] said, Call his name Lo-ammi; for ye are not my people, and I will not be your [God]. 10 Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass that, in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, it shall be said unto them, [Ye are] the sons of the living God.
• Zech 2:11 : 11 And many nations shall join themselves to Jehovah in that day, and shall be my people; and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that Jehovah of hosts has sent me unto thee.
• Zech 8:22-23 : 22 Yea, many peoples and strong nations shall come to seek Jehovah of hosts in Jerusalem, and to entreat the favor of Jehovah. 23 Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: In those days [it shall come to pass], that ten men shall take hold, out of all the languages of the nations, they shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.
• Mal 1:11 : 11 For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name [shall be] great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense [shall be] offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name [shall be] great among the Gentiles, saith Jehovah of hosts.
• Ps 72:16 : 16 There shall be abundance of grain in the earth upon the top of the mountains; The fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: And they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.
• Ps 118:28 : 28 Thou art my God, and I will give thanks unto thee: Thou art my God, I will exalt thee.
• Song 2:16 : 16 My beloved is mine, and I am his: He feedeth [his flock] among the lilies.
• Isa 44:5 : 5 One shall say, I am Jehovah's; and another shall call [himself] by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto Jehovah, and surname [himself] by the name of Israel.
• Jer 32:38 : 38 and they shall be my people, and I will be their God:
• Acts 8:1-4 : 1 And Saul was consenting unto his death. And there arose on that day a great persecution against the church which was in Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea and Samaria, except the apostles. 2 And devout men buried Stephen, and made great lamentation over him. 3 But Saul laid waste the church, entering into every house, and dragging men and women committed them to prison. 4 They {G3303} therefore that were scattered abroad, went about preaching the word.
• Zech 14:9 : 9 And Jehovah shall be King over all the earth: in that day shall Jehovah be one, and his name one.
• Zech 14:16 : 16 And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations that came against Jerusalem shall go up from year to year to worship the King, Jehovah of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles.
• Zech 10:9 : 9 And I will sow them among the peoples; and they shall remember me in far countries; and they shall live with their children, and shall return.
• Hos 8:2 : 2 They shall cry unto me, My God, we Israel know thee.
• Jas 1:1 : 1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are of the Dispersion, greeting.
• 1 Pet 1:1-2 : 1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the elect who are sojourners of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, 2 according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.