Hosea 2:23

King James Version 1611 (Original)

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 which 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 Osee, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved. 26 And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people; there shall they be called the children of the living God.
• 1 Pet 2:9-9 : 9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light: 10 Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
• Zech 13:9 : 9 And I will bring the third part through 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, The LORD is my God.
• Hos 1:6 : 6 And she conceived again, and bare a daughter. And God said unto him, Call her name Loruhamah: for I will no more have mercy upon the house of Israel; but I will utterly take them away.
• Jer 31:27 : 27 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, 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 soon stretch out her hands unto God.
• Rev 21:3-4 : 3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God. 4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
• Jer 16:19 : 19 O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit.
• Rom 11:30-32 : 30 For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief: 31 Even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy. 32 For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, 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, For this cause I will confess to 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 laud him, all ye people.
• 1 Thess 1:9-9 : 9 For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God; 10 And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.
• Rom 3:29 : 29 Is he the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also:
• Deut 26:17-19 : 17 Thou hast avouched the LORD this day to be thy God, and to walk in his ways, and to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and to hearken unto his voice: 18 And the LORD hath avouched thee this day to be his peculiar people, as he hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all his commandments; 19 And to make thee high above all nations which he hath made, in praise, and in name, and in honour; and that thou mayest be an holy people unto the LORD thy God, as he hath spoken.
• Ps 22:27 : 27 All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
• Hos 1:9-9 : 9 Then said God, Call his name Loammi: 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, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God.
• Zech 2:11 : 11 And many nations shall be joined to the LORD in that day, and shall be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto thee.
• Zech 8:22-23 : 22 Yea, many people and strong nations shall come to seek the LORD of hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before the LORD. 23 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even 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 heathen, saith the LORD of hosts.
• Ps 72:16 : 16 There shall be an handful of corn 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 praise thee: thou art my God, I will exalt thee.
• Song 2:16 : 16 My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies.
• Isa 44:5 : 5 One shall say, I am the LORD'S; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the LORD, 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 at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea and Samaria, except the apostles. 2 And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him. 3 As for Saul, he made havock of the church, entering into every house, and haling men and women committed them to prison. 4 Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where preaching the word.
• Zech 14:9 : 9 And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one.
• Zech 14:16 : 16 And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles.
• Zech 10:9 : 9 And I will sow them among the people: and they shall remember me in far countries; and they shall live with their children, and turn again.
• Hos 8:2 : 2 Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee.
• Jas 1:1 : 1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.
• 1 Pet 1:1-2 : 1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, 2 Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.