10 (A)who once were not a people but are now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy.

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23 Then (A)I will sow her for Myself in the earth,
(B)And I will have mercy on her who had [a]not obtained mercy;
Then (C)I will say to those who were [b]not My people,
‘You are [c]My people!’
And they shall say, ‘You are my God!’ ”

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 2:23 Heb. lo-ruhamah
  2. Hosea 2:23 Heb. lo-ammi
  3. Hosea 2:23 Heb. ammi

16 (A)Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

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Then God said:

“Call his name [a]Lo-Ammi,
For you are not My people,
And I will not be your God.

The Restoration of Israel

10 “Yet (A)the number of the children of Israel
Shall be as the sand of the sea,
Which cannot be measured or numbered.
(B)And it shall come to pass
In the place where it was said to them,
‘You are [b]not My (C)people,’
There it shall be said to them,
You are (D)sons of the living God.’

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 1:9 Lit. Not-My-People
  2. Hosea 1:10 Heb. lo-ammi, v. 9

25 As He says also in Hosea:

(A)“I will call them My people, who were not My people,
And her beloved, who was not beloved.”
26 “And(B) it shall come to pass in the place where it was said to them,
‘You are not My people,’
There they shall be called sons of the living God.”

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13 although (A)I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and an [a]insolent man; but I obtained mercy because (B)I did it ignorantly in unbelief.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Timothy 1:13 violently arrogant

To the Unmarried and Widows

25 Now concerning virgins: (A)I have no commandment from the Lord; yet I give judgment as one (B)whom the Lord in His mercy has made (C)trustworthy.

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30 For as you (A)were once disobedient to God, yet have now obtained mercy through their disobedience,

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And (A)if by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace. [a]But if it is of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work.

What then? (B)Israel has not obtained what it seeks; but the elect have obtained it, and the rest were (C)blinded.

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 11:6 NU omits the rest of v. 6.

19 But I say, did Israel not know? First Moses says:

(A)“I will provoke you to jealousy by those who are not a nation,
I will move you to anger by a (B)foolish nation.”

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