Lo-ruhamah] That is, not having obtained mercy. That is, not obtaining mercy: whereby he signifieth that Gods favour was departed from them.
for I will no more] Heb. I will not adde any more to. Because I have pardoned them enough already: therefore I will suffer them to be spoiled by Tiglath-Pilneser, who captiveth Galile to be unpitied. See it performed, 1 Chronicles 5:26.
but I will utterly take them away] Or, that I should altogether pardon them.