9. Lo-Ammi —once "My people," but henceforth not so ( :- ). The intervals between the marriage and the successive births of the three children, imply that three successive generations are intended. Jezreel, the first child, represents the dynasty of Jeroboam I and his successors, ending with Jehu's shedding the blood of Jeroboam's line in Jezreel; it was there that Jezebel was slain, in vengeance for Naboth's blood shed in the same Jezreel ( 1 Kings 16:1 ; 2 Kings 9:21 ; 2 Kings 9:30 ). The scenes of Jezreel were to be enacted over again on Jehu's degenerate race. At Jezreel Assyria routed Israel [JEROME]. The child's name associates past sins, intermediate punishments, and final overthrow. Lo-ruhamah ("not pitied"), the second child, is a daughter, representing the effeminate period which followed the overthrow of the first dynasty, when Israel was at once abject and impious. Lo-Ammi ("not my people"), the third child, a son, represents the vigorous dynasty ( 2 Kings 9:30- : ) of Jeroboam II; but, as prosperity did not bring with it revived piety, they were still not God's people. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-10" class="com-number"
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