Hosea 1:6-8

A daughter named Loruhamah -- Hosea 1:6-8: When Gomer conceived a second time she bore a daughter, God told Hosea to call her name "Loruhamah: for I will no more have mercy upon the house of Israel; but I will utterly take them away." This child pictured very vividly the total fall of the nation of Israel. When God's grace is taken away nations fall. God's judgment came without mercy upon Israel. In contrast God said, "But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by the LORD their God, and will not save them by bow, or by sword, or by battle, by horses, nor by horsemen."

The name "Loruhamah" means "not compassionate", or "not beloved." The house of Israel did not obtain mercy from God. In 722 B.C. the Assyrian nation defeated the nation of Israel. The "house of Israel" was completely dismantled. They were so scattered they forgot who they were as a nation. Israel and Judah were dealt with in a separate way. While God had "No mercy" (Loruhamah) on Israel he would show mercy to Judah. How sad to perish without the mercy of God!