Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on Hosea 1:6
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Hosea1:6
6. Lo-ruhamah--that is, "not an object of mercy or gracious favor."
take ... away--Israel, as a kingdom, was never restored from Assyria, as Judah was from Babylon after seventy years. Maurer translates according to the primary meaning, "No more will I have mercy on the house of Israel, so as to pardon them."
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