Hosea 1:6

And she conceived again, and bare a daughter ,.... One of the weaker sex; denoting the weaker state of the kingdom of Israel after Jeroboam, as Kimchi thinks; Zachariah his son reigning but six months, and Shallum the son of Jabesh, his successor, reigned but one month, 2 Kings 15:8 ,

and God said unto him, call her name Loruhamah ; which signifies, "she hath not obtained mercy": and what follows explains it to the same sense. The Targum is,

"and they added and did evil works; and he said unto him call their name, who obtained not mercy by their works:'

for I will no more have mercy upon the house of Israel ; as he had heretofore, sparing them time after time, though they continued to sin against him; but now he would spare them no longer, but deliver them up into the hands of their enemies, as he did a part of them, first into the hands of Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and then to Shalmaneser, 2 Kings 15:29 , otherwise, in the latter day, mercy will be shown them again, especially in a spiritual way, when they shall be converted, and believe in Christ, and all Israel shall be saved, as well as possess their own land again; see Hosea 1:10 ,

but I will utterly take them away ; out of their land, from being a kingdom and nation, which was done by Shalmaneser, another king of Assyria, 2 Kings 17:6 , or, "bringing I will bring into them", or "against them" F23 נשא אשא להם "adducendo adducam contra cos", Munster; "importando importabo eis", Drusius; so Kimchi and Ben Melech. ; that is, an enemy, the same king of Assyria: or, "but forgetting I will forget them" F24 "Obliviscendo obliviscar eorum", V. L. Pagninus. , as some render it, and remember them no more, till the fulness of time comes: or, "through pardoning I have pardoned", or "spared them" F25 "Quamvis omnino condonaverim eis", Piscator; "quamvis haetenus condonando condonaverim eis", so some in Drusius. ; that is, in times past. The Targum is,

"but if they return, pardoning I will pardon them;'

which will be done in the latter day.