She conceived again, and bore a daughter. Then he said to him, "Call her name Lo-Ruhamah{Lo-Ruhamah means "not loved."}; for I will no longer have mercy on the house of Israel, that I should in any way pardon them.
Again from Myers, "The name of this child signifies the breach of the Covenant love which existed between God and Israel."[23]  This is indeed true and points up the extensive shadow of the entire prior history of Israel which falls over this tragic story.  The unfaithful wife presupposes a covenant marriage between God and Israel, and the whole impact of Hosea has meaning only in the light of that prior relationship.  Not only did the divine covenant with Israel exist at this time, it had existed for centuries and was at the point of being abrogated by God Himself.  All of the profound teachings of the Torah lie behind this narrative, the inference being absolutely undeniable that the Torah (or Pentateuch) not only existed, but that it was known thoroughly by Israel, as witnessed by their breaking of its specific terms.  Brueggmann is correct in pointing out that: