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Look at verse number four. It says there, and I will not have mercy upon her children, for they be the children of whoredoms. Now this is very important here, okay? Because remember, I don't believe that these children that it's referring to is referring to the children of Hosea, obviously. Because he takes her to be his wife, she bears children, the two children, which is Amai and Ruhamah, but then she also has the children of whoredoms. Now if you remember in chapter one, he says that he's gonna restore Judah, and I believe that's in reference to the remnant, the righteous remnant found in Israel and in Judah. But here he says in verse four that he's not gonna have mercy upon her children, for they be the children of whoredoms. He did not say he will not have mercy on Ruhamah and Loami. He says he's not gonna have mercy upon the children of whoredoms. Now go to Hebrews, chapter number 12. You see, these children that he's referring to are the bastard children of Gomer. That's what a bastard is. A bastard is not a bad word. It's simply a word that defines a child who was born illegitimate out of wedlock, as we would say today, okay? A woman who fornicates and has a child out of wedlock, according to the Bible, that child is referred to as a bastard, okay? Now I'm gonna read to you from Deuteronomy 23, verse two. It says a bastard shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord. Even to his 10th generation shall he not enter into the congregation of the Lord. Look at Hebrews chapter 12 and verse number six. For whom the Lord loveth, he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons. For what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? So it's telling us here, and in verse eight, let's read verse eight. But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards and not sons. So here he's saying that God chastises his sons, and if they're his sons, they're not bastards. He said, oh, hold on a second, but don't we see chastisement in the nation? Don't we see that God, no, no, he says I'm not gonna have mercy. Remember that. You see, here in Hebrews chapter 12, look at verse number 10. For they barely for a few days chasing us after their own pleasure, but heed for our what? Prophet, that we might be partakers of his holiness. That's not what we see in Hosea chapter two, verse four. Hosea chapter two, verse four, he says, I'm not gonna have mercy on you. I'm gonna strip you naked, I'm gonna destroy you. You will no longer be my people, he says in Hosea chapter one. Here, he's saying these are my children. I'm gonna chastise them, because they're not bastards, but I want them to be partakers of my holiness, is what he's saying there. So the concept that we see here is that the legitimate children of God are those who believe in the only true God. In the New Testament, obviously, we believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, but even in the Old Testament, when they're worshiping the true God, that's a legitimate child, that's the righteous remnant that we see in the Old Testament. So we say, well, what is the other one referring to then? You know, if he's saying, you know, Lo Rehamai and Amai, Lo Rehamai and Amai are his legitimate children, who are the other children? Well, those are the bastards. You get where I'm going with this? You have the righteous remnant, who God's not gonna judge, but then you have the bastard children, the children of Hordom of Gomer that's referring to unsaved Israel. Because remember, there's always been a righteous remnant. There's always been saved people, 7,000 prophets who have not bowed the knee to Baal, which is exactly who they're worshiping here. Those are the 7,000 prophets, these are the 7,000 people who are the righteous remnant of Israel, whereas he says in verse four, I'm not gonna have mercy on these bastard children, I'm not gonna have mercy on the children of Hordom's. Why? Because they're not of Israel, okay? The Bible even says, for they are not all Israel, which are of Israel. And we can say likewise, they are not all of Hosea, that are of Hosea. Because remember, he adopted the bastard children because he married Gomer, but his legitimate children, right? His legitimate children was Lo Rehama and Amai, Amai, okay? You know, he's using it as an allegory. I mean, I thought there was like another place in the Bible where we see that same kind of concept, don't we? Oh yeah, that's right, Galatians four.