Graphic Bible · Scene 9 of 9

Hosea seated in lamplit limestone interior, protective arms holding the newborn son safely swaddled in slate blue, sober gaze lowered. Gomer in rust headcloth and olive shawl beside him, no other people prominent. Close quiet composition, no abandonment, no violence, no lettering.
Artwork is an interpretation. Scripture is quoted from the People's Open Bible.

Hosea 1:9

Not My People

Names that Bear the Warning · Hosea 1

Story guide: Narrated sign-name followed by a national declaration; covenant rupture does not license mistreatment of the infant.

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9And he said, “Call his name Not-My-People, for you are not my people, and I am not yours.”

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