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RUHAMAH.—The second child (a daughter) of Gomer, Hosea’s wife, was called Lo-ruhamah, ‘unpitied’ (Hos_1:6; Hos_1:8). The name was given symbolically to indicate that God had ceased to pity Israel, and given her over to calamity. The return of God’s mercy is indicated in Hos_2:1 ‘Say ye unto your brethren, Ammi (i.e. ‘my people,’ in opposition to Lo-ammi, ‘not my people’); and to your sisters, Ruhamah’ (i.e. ye are ‘pitied’). A similar play on the word is found in Hos_2:23 ‘I will have mercy on “her that had not obtained mercy” (Lo-ruhamah).’
W. F. Boyd.