Say ye unto your brethren, Ammi; and to your sisters, Ruhamah. Say ye unto your brethren, Ammi; and to your sisters, Ruhamah.
Israel's spiritual fornication, and her threatened punishment: yet a promise of God's restored favour, when chastisements have produced their designed effect.
Say ye unto your brethren, Ammi; and to your sisters, Ruhamah - i:e., when the prediction (Hosea 1:11) shall be accomplished, then ye will call one another, as brothers and sisters in the family of God, Ammi and Ruhamah.