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[a]Say to your brothers, “Ammi,”[b] and to your sisters, “Ruhamah.”[c]

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  1. 2.1 2.3 in Heb
  2. 2.1 That is, my people
  3. 2.1 That is, pitied

[a]“Say of your brothers, ‘My people,’ and of your sisters, ‘My loved one.’(A)

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  1. Hosea 2:1 In Hebrew texts 2:1-23 is numbered 2:3-25.

10 Once you were not a people,
    but now you are God’s people;
once you had not received mercy,
    but now you have received mercy.(A)

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10 Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God;(A) once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

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23     and I will sow him[a] for myself in the land.
And I will have pity on Lo-ruhamah,[b]
    and I will say to Lo-ammi,[c] “You are my people,”
    and he shall say, “You are my God.”(A)

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  1. 2.23 Cn: Heb her
  2. 2.23 That is, not pitied
  3. 2.23 That is, not my people

23 I will plant(A) her for myself in the land;
    I will show my love to the one I called ‘Not my loved one.[a](B)
I will say to those called ‘Not my people,[b]’ ‘You are my people’;(C)
    and they will say, ‘You are my God.(D)’”

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  1. Hosea 2:23 Hebrew Lo-Ruhamah (see 1:6)
  2. Hosea 2:23 Hebrew Lo-Ammi (see 1:9)

13 even though I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a man of violence. But I received mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief,(A)

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13 Even though I was once a blasphemer and a persecutor(A) and a violent man, I was shown mercy(B) because I acted in ignorance and unbelief.(C)

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Treasure in Clay Jars

Therefore, since it is by God’s mercy that we are engaged in this ministry, we do not lose heart.(A)

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Present Weakness and Resurrection Life

Therefore, since through God’s mercy(A) we have this ministry, we do not lose heart.(B)

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30 Just as you were once disobedient to God but have now received mercy because of their disobedience,(A) 31 so also they have now been disobedient in order that, by the mercy shown to you, they also may now[a] receive mercy.

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  1. 11.31 Other ancient authorities lack now

30 Just as you who were at one time disobedient(A) to God have now received mercy as a result of their disobedience, 31 so they too have now become disobedient in order that they too may now[a] receive mercy as a result of God’s mercy to you.

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  1. Romans 11:31 Some manuscripts do not have now.

And I will put this third into the fire,
    refine them as one refines silver,
    and test them as gold is tested.
They will call on my name,
    and I will answer them.
I will say, ‘They are my people,’
    and they will say, ‘The Lord is our God.’ ”(A)

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This third I will put into the fire;(A)
    I will refine them like silver(B)
    and test them like gold.(C)
They will call(D) on my name(E)
    and I will answer(F) them;
I will say, ‘They are my people,’(G)
    and they will say, ‘The Lord is our God.(H)’”

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Then the Lord said, “Name him Lo-ammi,[a] for you are not my people, and I am not your God.”[b]

The Restoration of Israel

10 [c]Yet the number of the people of Israel shall be like the sand of the sea, which can be neither measured nor 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.”(A) 11 The people of Judah and the people of Israel shall be gathered together, and they shall appoint for themselves one head, and they shall rise up from the land, for great shall be the day of Jezreel.(B)

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  1. 1.9 That is, not my people
  2. 1.9 Heb I am not yours
  3. 1.10 2.1 in Heb

Then the Lord said, “Call him Lo-Ammi (which means “not my people”), for you are not my people, and I am not your God.[a](A)

10 “Yet the Israelites will be like the sand on the seashore, which cannot be measured or counted.(B) In the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ they will be called ‘children of the living God.’(C) 11 The people of Judah and the people of Israel will come together;(D) they will appoint one leader(E) and will come up out of the land,(F) for great will be the day of Jezreel.[b](G)

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  1. Hosea 1:9 Or your I am
  2. Hosea 1:11 In Hebrew texts 1:10,11 is numbered 2:1,2.

27 My dwelling place shall be over them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.(A)

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27 My dwelling place(A) will be with them; I will be their God, and they will be my people.(B)

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28 Then you shall live in the land that I gave to your ancestors, and you shall be my people, and I will be your God.(A)

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28 Then you will live in the land I gave your ancestors; you will be my people,(A) and I will be your God.(B)

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20 so that they may follow my statutes and keep my ordinances and obey them. Then they shall be my people, and I will be their God.(A)

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20 Then they will follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws.(A) They will be my people,(B) and I will be their God.(C)

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38 They shall be my people, and I will be their God.

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38 They will be my people,(A) and I will be their God.

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33 But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.(A)

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33 “This is the covenant I will make with the people of Israel
    after that time,” declares the Lord.
“I will put my law in their minds(A)
    and write it on their hearts.(B)
I will be their God,
    and they will be my people.(C)

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