Then you will call your brother, “My People” (Ammi)! You will call your sister, “Pity” (Ruhamah)!

When she had weaned ‘No Pity’ (Lo-Ruhamah) she conceived again and gave birth to another son.

Then I will plant her as my own in the land. I will have pity on ‘No Pity’ (Lo-Ruhamah). I will say to ‘Not My People’ (Lo-Ammi), ‘You are my people!’ And he will say, ‘You are my God!’”

She conceived again and gave birth to a daughter. Then the Lord said to him, “Name her ‘No Pity’ (Lo-Ruhamah) because I will no longer have pity on the nation of Israel. For I will certainly not forgive their guilt.