So King David had him brought ¹  from the house of Makir son of Ammiel in ²  Lo Debar.

When ¹  she had weaned ‘No Pity’ (Lo-Ruhamah) she conceived again and gave birth to another son.

The king asked him, “Where is he?” Ziba told the king, “He is at the house of Makir son of Ammiel in Lo Debar.

When David came to Mahanaim, Shobi the son of Nahash from Rabbah of the Ammonites, Makir the son of Ammiel from Lo Debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim

Then the Lord ¹  said: “Name him ‘Not My People’ (Lo-Ammi), because you ²  are not my people and I am not your ³  God.” ⁴ 

You are happy because you conquered Lo-Debar. ¹  You say, “Did we not conquer Karnaim ²  by our own power?”

Look, they come from far away! Look, some come from the north and west, and others from the land of Sinim! ¹ 

For ¹  look, the kings assemble; ²  they advance together.

She conceived again and gave birth to a daughter. Then the Lord ¹  said to him, “Name her ‘No Pity’ (Lo-Ruhamah) because I will no longer have pity ²  on the nation ³  of Israel. For ⁴  I will certainly not forgive ⁵  their guilt. ⁶ 

Look! The winter has passed, the winter rains are over and gone.

I looked at the mountains and saw that they were shaking. All the hills were swaying back and forth!

But then one passes by, and suddenly they have disappeared! ¹  I looked for them, but they could not be found.

Indeed, ¹  look at your enemies, O Lord! Indeed, ²  look at how your enemies perish! All the evildoers are scattered!

“I looked at the land and saw ¹  that it was an empty wasteland. ²  I looked up at the sky, and its light had vanished.

I looked and saw that there were no more people, ¹  and that all the birds in the sky had flown away.

Then I looked and realized a hand was stretched out to me, and in it was a written scroll.

“Sing out and be happy, Zion my daughter! ¹  For look, I have come; I will settle in your midst,” says the Lord.

His disciples said, “Look, now you are speaking plainly ¹  and not in obscure figures of speech! ² 

Then I will plant her as my own ¹  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 ²  will say, ‘You are ³  my God!’”

teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And remember, ¹  I am with you ²  always, to the end of the age.” ³