| Geneva Study Bible Say ye unto your {a} brethren, Ammi; and to your sisters, Ruhamah. (a) Seeing that I have promised you deliverance, it remains that you encourage one another to embrace this promise, considering that you are my people on whom I will have mercy. Wesley's Notes 2:1 Ye - Who of no people are made a people, who were once unpitied, but now have obtained mercy. Your brethren - To those of the ten tribes, who are your brethren. Ammi - Let them know that yet they are the people of God, they are still within the covenant of their father Abraham, if they will as their father, walk with God, all shall be well. King James Translators' Notes Ammi: that is, My people Ruhamah: that is, Having obtained mercy Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary CHAPTER 2 Ho 2:1-23. Application of the Symbols in the First Chapter. Israel's spiritual fornication, and her threatened punishment: yet a promise of God's restored favor, when chastisements have produced their designed effect. 1. Say . unto . brethren, Ammi, &c.-that is, When the prediction (Ho 1:11) shall be accomplished, then ye will call one another, as brothers and sisters in the family of God, Ammi and Ruhamah. Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 2:1-5 This chapter continues the figurative address to Israel, in reference to Hosea's wife and children. Let us own and love as brethren, all whom the Lord seems to put among his children, and encourage them in that they have received mercy. But every Christian, by his example and conduct, must protest against evil and abuses, even among those to whom he belongs and owes respect. Impenitent sinners will soon be stripped of the advantages they misuse, and which they consume upon their lusts. | 
