This passage is tightly held together by the same positive tone and themes. It is somewhat forced to subdivide it, but for the sake of simplicity we might summarize it under three headings:
The promise of reconciliation with God (Hosea 1:10)
The promise of reconciliation with Judah and return from exile (Hosea 1:11)
The exhortation to proclaim the renaming of God’s people (Hosea 2:1)
The language of future promise ties Hosea 1:10–11 together, with the phrase and/but it shall be
underpinning the unit.1 Hosea 2:1 is clearly a command for Israel to share this reversal with their southern neighbours, which sets it apart slightly from the preceding verses.
10 Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or numbered. And in the place where it was said to them, “You are not my people,” it shall be said to them, “Children of the living God.”