Hosea 1:9
Good News Translation
The LORD said to Hosea, "Name him 'Not-My-People,' because the people of Israel are not my people, and I am not their God."

New Revised Standard Version
Then the LORD said, “Name him Lo-ammi, for you are not my people and I am not your God.”

Contemporary English Version
Then the LORD said, "Name him Lo-Ammi, because these people are not mine, and I am not their God."

New American Bible
Then the LORD said: Give him the name “Not-My-People,” for you are not my people, and I am not “I am” for you.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he said: Call his name, Not my people: for you are not my people, and I will not be yours.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And he said: Call his name, Not my people: for you are not my people, and I will not be yours.

Lo-ammi.

Jeremiah 15:1 And the Lord said to me: If Moses and Samuel shall stand before me, my soul is not towards this people: cast them out from my sight, and let them go forth.

Context
Hosea's Wife and Children
8And she weaned her that was called Without mercy. And she conceived, and bore a son. 9And he said: Call his name, Not my people: for you are not my people, and I will not be yours.10And the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, that is without measure, and shall not be numbered. And it shall be in the place where it shall be said to them: You are not my people: it shall be said to them: Ye are the sons of the living God.…
Cross References
Jeremiah 20:3
And when it was light the next day, Phassur brought Jeremiah out of the stocks. And Jeremiah said to him: The Lord hath not called thy name Phassur, but fear on every side.

Hosea 1:8
And she weaned her that was called Without mercy. And she conceived, and bore a son.

Hosea 1:10
And the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, that is without measure, and shall not be numbered. And it shall be in the place where it shall be said to them: You are not my people: it shall be said to them: Ye are the sons of the living God.

Hosea 2:23
And I will sow her unto me in the earth, and I will have mercy on her that was without mercy. [24] And I will say to that which is not my people: Thou art my people: and they shall say: Thou art my God.

Hosea 1:8
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