Hosea 2:23

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And I will put her as seed in the earth, and I will have mercy on her to whom no mercy was given; and I will say to those who were not my people, You are my people, and they will say, 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 says in Hosea, They will be named my people who were not my people, and she will be loved who was not loved. 26 And in the place where it was said to them, You are not my people, there they will be named the sons of the living God.
• 1 Pet 2:9-9 : 9 But you are a special people, a holy nation, priests and kings, a people given up completely to God, so that you may make clear the virtues of him who took you out of the dark into the light of heaven. 10 In the past you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; then there was no mercy for you, but now mercy has been given to you.
• Zech 13:9 : 9 And I will make the third part go through the fire, cleaning them as silver is made clean, and testing them as gold is tested: and they will make their prayer to me and I will give them an answer: I will say, It is my people; and they will say, The Lord is my God.
• Hos 1:6 : 6 And after that she gave birth to a daughter. And the Lord said, Give her the name Lo-ruhamah; for I will not again have mercy on Israel, to give them forgiveness.
• Jer 31:27 : 27 See, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will have Israel and Judah planted with the seed of man and with the seed of beast.
• Ps 68:31 : 31 Kings will give you offerings, they will come out of Egypt; from Pathros will come offerings of silver; Ethiopia will be stretching out her hands to God.
• Rev 21:3-4 : 3 And there came to my ears a great voice out of the high seat, saying, See, the Tent of God is with men, and he will make his living-place with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them, and be their God. 4 And he will put an end to all their weeping; and there will be no more death, or sorrow, or crying, or pain; for the first things have come to an end.
• Jer 16:19 : 19 O Lord, my strength and my strong tower, my safe place in the day of trouble, the nations will come to you from the ends of the earth, and say, The heritage of our fathers is nothing but deceit, even false things in which there is no profit.
• Rom 11:30-32 : 30 For as you, in time past, were not under the rule of God, but now have got mercy through their turning away, 31 So in the same way these have gone against the orders of God, so that by the mercy given to you they may now get mercy. 32 For God has let them all go against his orders, so that he might have mercy on them all.
• Rom 15:9-9 : 9 And so that the Gentiles might give glory to God for his mercy; as it is said, For this reason I will give praise to you among the Gentiles, and I will make a song to your name. 10 And again he says, Take part, you Gentiles, in the joy of his people. 11 And again, Give praise to the Lord, all you Gentiles; and let all the nations give praise to him.
• 1 Thess 1:9-9 : 9 For they themselves give the news of how we came among you; and how you were turned from images to God, to the worship of a true and living God, 10 Waiting for his Son from heaven, who came back from the dead, even Jesus, our Saviour from the wrath to come.
• Rom 3:29 : 29 Or is God the God of Jews only? is he not in the same way the God of Gentiles? Yes, of Gentiles:
• Deut 26:17-19 : 17 Today you have given witness that the Lord is your God, and that you will go in his ways and keep his laws and his orders and his decisions and give ear to his voice: 18 And the Lord has made it clear this day that you are a special people to him, as he gave you his word; and that you are to keep all his orders; 19 And that he will make you high over all the nations he has made, in praise, in name, and in honour, and that you are to be a holy people to the Lord your God as he has said.
• Ps 22:27 : 27 All the ends of the earth will keep it in mind and be turned to the Lord: all the families of the nations will give him worship.
• Hos 1:9-9 : 9 And the Lord said, Give him the name Lo-ammi; for you are not my people, and I will not be your God. 10 But still the number of the children of Israel will be like the sand of the sea, which may not be measured or numbered; and in place of its being said to them, You are not my people, it will be said to them, You are the sons of the living God
• Zech 2:11 : 11 Ho! Zion, go in flight from danger, you who are living with the daughter of Babylon.
• Zech 8:22-23 : 22 And great peoples and strong nations will come to give worship to the Lord of armies in Jerusalem and to make requests for grace from the Lord. 23 This is what the Lord of armies has said: In those days, ten men from all the languages of the nations will put out their hands and take a grip of the skirt of him who is a Jew, saying, We will go with you, for it has come to our ears that God is with you.
• Mal 1:11 : 11 For, from the coming up of the sun till its going down, my name is great among the Gentiles; and in every place the smell of burning flesh is offered to my name, and a clean offering: for my name is great among the Gentiles, says the Lord of armies.
• Ps 72:16 : 16 May there be wide-stretching fields of grain in the land, shaking on the top of the mountains, full of fruit like Lebanon: may its stems be unnumbered like the grass of the earth.
• Ps 118:28 : 28 You are my God, and I will give you praise; my God, and I will give honour to your name.
• Song 2:16 : 16 My loved one is mine, and I am his: he takes his food among the flowers.
• Isa 44:5 : 5 One will say, I am the Lord's; and another will give himself the name, Jacob; another will put a mark on his hand, I am the Lord's, and another will take the name of Israel for himself.
• Jer 32:38 : 38 And they will be my people, and I will be their God:
• Acts 8:1-4 : 1 And Saul gave approval to his death. Now at that time a violent attack was started against the church in Jerusalem; and all but the Apostles went away into all parts of Judaea and Samaria. 2 And God-fearing men put Stephen's body in its last resting-place, making great weeping over him. 3 But Saul was burning with hate against the church, going into every house and taking men and women and putting them in prison. 4 But those who had gone in flight went everywhere preaching the word.
• Zech 14:9 : 9 And the Lord will be King over all the earth: in that day there will be one Lord and his name one.
• Zech 14:16 : 16 And it will come about that everyone who is still living, of all those nations who came against Jerusalem, will go up from year to year to give worship to the King, the Lord of armies, and to keep the feast of tents.
• Zech 10:9 : 9 Though I had them planted among the peoples, they will keep me in mind in far countries: and they will take care of their children and will come back.
• Hos 8:2 : 2 They will send up to me a cry for help: We, Israel, have knowledge of you, O God of Israel.
• Jas 1:1 : 1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, sends words of love to the twelve tribes of the Jews living in all parts of the earth.
• 1 Pet 1:1-2 : 1 Peter, an Apostle of Jesus Christ, to the saints who are living in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, 2 Who, through the purpose of God, have been made holy by the Spirit, disciples of Jesus, made clean by his blood: May you have grace and peace in full measure.