2 Samuel 7:24
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24 You made Israel your very own people forever, and you, O Lord, became their God.
1 Peter 2:10
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10 “Once you had no identity as a people;
now you are God’s people.
Once you received no mercy;
now you have received God’s mercy.”[a]
Deuteronomy 26:18
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18 The Lord has declared today that you are his people, his own special treasure, just as he promised, and that you must obey all his commands.
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John 1:12
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12 But to all who believed him and accepted him, he gave the right to become children of God.
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Jeremiah 31:33
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33 “But this is the new covenant I will make with the people of Israel after those days,” says the Lord. “I will put my instructions deep within them, and I will write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.
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Isaiah 12:2
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2 See, God has come to save me.
I will trust in him and not be afraid.
The Lord God is my strength and my song;
he has given me victory.”
Psalm 48:14
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14 For that is what God is like.
He is our God forever and ever,
and he will guide us until we die.
Genesis 17:7
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7 “I will confirm my covenant with you and your descendants[a] after you, from generation to generation. This is the everlasting covenant: I will always be your God and the God of your descendants after you.
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Romans 9:25-26
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25 Concerning the Gentiles, God says in the prophecy of Hosea,
“Those who were not my people,
I will now call my people.
And I will love those
whom I did not love before.”[a]
26 And,
“Then, at the place where they were told,
‘You are not my people,’
there they will be called
‘children of the living God.’”[b]
Zechariah 13:9
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9 I will bring that group through the fire
and make them pure.
I will refine them like silver
and purify them like gold.
They will call on my name,
and I will answer them.
I will say, ‘These are my people,’
and they will say, ‘The Lord is our God.’”
Hosea 1:10
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10 [a]“Yet the time will come when Israel’s people will be like the sands of the seashore—too many to count! Then, at the place where they were told, ‘You are not my people,’ it will be said, ‘You are children of the living God.’
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- 1:10 Verses 1:10-11 are numbered 2:1-2 in Hebrew text.
Jeremiah 32:38
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38 They will be my people, and I will be their God.
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Jeremiah 31:1
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Hope for Restoration
31 “In that day,” says the Lord, “I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they will be my people.
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1 Chronicles 17:22
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22 You chose Israel to be your very own people forever, and you, O Lord, became their God.
2 Samuel 7:23
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23 What other nation on earth is like your people Israel? What other nation, O God, have you redeemed from slavery to be your own people? You made a great name for yourself when you redeemed your people from Egypt. You performed awesome miracles and drove out the nations and gods that stood in their way.[a]
Footnotes
- 7:23 As in Greek version (see also 1 Chr 17:21); Hebrew reads You made a name for yourself and awesome miracles for your land in the sight of your people, whom you redeemed from Egypt, the nations and their gods.
Deuteronomy 27:9
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9 Then Moses and the Levitical priests addressed all Israel as follows: “O Israel, be quiet and listen! Today you have become the people of the Lord your God.
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Exodus 15:2
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2 The Lord is my strength and my song;
he has given me victory.
This is my God, and I will praise him—
my father’s God, and I will exalt him!
Exodus 6:7
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7 I will claim you as my own people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the Lord your God who has freed you from your oppression in Egypt.
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