Hosea 1:6

Bare a daughter. Some have found it significant that the record does not state, bare “him” a child, as was stated concerning Jezreel (see v. 3). This fact has led them to conclude that Lo-ruhamah was not a child of Hosea, but was born as a result of the adultery of Gomer. This view is strengthened if ch. 2 is taken to be the actual experience of the prophet with his wife, Gomer (see on ch. 2:4).

Lo-rohamah. Heb. Lo’ruchamah, “not pitied,” or “not having received compassion.” Paul, referring to the prophecy of Hosea, apparently interprets the phrase as meaning “not beloved” (Rom. 9:25), and Peter, doubtless referring to the same general passage, speaks of a people that “had not obtained mercy” (1 Peter 2:10). The nation of Israel was at the place where a God of love could no longer have compassion upon it (see Gen. 6:3).

Utterly take them away. The LXX reads, “surely set myself in array against them.” This is evidently a reference to the soon-coming Assyrian captivity.