“Gomer conceived again.
She bore a daughter.
Then Yahweh said to Hosea.
‘Name her Lo-ruhamah!
I will no longer
Have pity
On the house
Of Israel!
I will no longer
Forgive them.’”
Gomer once again became pregnant. This time she bore a daughter. Yahweh spoke directly with Hosea. This daughter was to be named Lo-ruhamah, another symbolic name that means not pitied or not loved anymore. Then Yahweh explained that he was not going to have pity on the house of Israel any more. He was not going to forgive them for what they had done.