6 And she conceived again and bore a daughter. Then God said to him:
“Call her name¹ Lo-Ruhamah,
^aFor I will no longer have mercy on the house of Israel,
¹But I will utterly take them away. ‡

7 ^aYet I will have mercy on the house of Judah,
Will save them by the Lord their God,
And ^bwill not save them by bow,
Nor by sword or battle,
By horses or horsemen.”  ‡

9 Then God said:
“Call his name¹ Lo-Ammi,
For you are not My people,
And I will not be your God. ‡

10 “Yet ^athe number of the children of Israel
Shall be as the sand of the sea,
Which cannot be measured or numbered.
^bAnd it shall come to pass
In the place where it was said to them,
‘You are¹ not My ^cpeople,’
There it shall be said to them,
‘You are ^dsons of the living God.’ ‡