Then said God, Call his name Loammi: for ye are not my people, and I will not be your God.
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Interpretation
The rejection of Israel for a time, is signified by the name of another child: call him Lo-ammi, "not my people." The Lord disowns all relation to them. We love him, because he first loved us; but our being cast out of covenant, is owing to ourselves and our folly.