Hosea 1:6

And she conceived again, and bare a daughter. And God said unto him, Call her name Lo–ruhamah: for I will no more have mercy upon the house of Israel; but I will utterly take them away.

Cross-reference

Hosea 1:4 Parallel

In Hosea 1:4, the naming of Jezreel similarly pronounces judgment — part of the same symbolic sequence of names.

Hosea 2:23 Parallel

In Hosea 2:23, Lo-Ruhamah is reversed—God will have mercy on 'No Mercy', undoing the judgment of 1:6.

In Hosea 9:15-17, God rejects Ephraim and makes them wanderers—amplifying the 'no mercy' judgment from 1:6.

Hosea 2:4 Allusion

Hosea 2:4 continues: 'I will have no mercy on her children' — directly extending the no-mercy decree to the next generation.

2 Kings 17:6 Prophetic fulfillment

In 2 Kings 17:6, the Assyrian exile fulfills Hosea's prophecy—Israel is carried away, confirming the withdrawal of mercy.

2 Kings 17:23–41 Prophetic fulfillment

In 2 Kings 17:23-41, the exile and foreign resettlement detail the full consequences of God's withdrawn mercy from Israel.

In 1 Peter 2:10, Peter echoes Hosea: once not received mercy, now received mercy—fulfilled in the church.

Zechariah 11:6 uses nearly identical words: 'I will no longer have pity' — a clear echo of the no-mercy decree here.

Lamentations 5:22 echoes God's utter rejection, matching the withdrawal of mercy here — both lament Israel's loss of divine compassion.

In 2 Kings 14:27, God spares Israel through Jeroboam II, contrasting with the later declaration of no mercy in Hosea.

Amos 9:8 Contrast

Amos 9:8 says God will destroy but not utterly — contrasting the absolute 'no mercy' here, yet both speak of judgment on Israel.