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Hosea 2:23
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Hosea 2:23
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23 At that time I will plant a crop of Israelites
and raise them for myself.
I will show love
to those I called ‘Not loved.’[a]
And to those I called ‘Not my people,’[b]
I will say, ‘Now you are my people.’
And they will reply, ‘You are our God!’”
Hosea 2:23
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Hosea 2:23
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- Hosea 2:23 Hebrew Lo-Ruhamah (see 1:6)
- Hosea 2:23 Hebrew Lo-Ammi (see 1:9)
Romans 9:25-26
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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]
Romans 9:25-26
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Romans 9:25-26
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25 As he says in Hosea:
“I will call them ‘my people’ who are not my people;
and I will call her ‘my loved one’ who is not my loved one,”[a](A)
26 and,
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- Romans 9:25 Hosea 2:23
- Romans 9:26 Hosea 1:10
1 Peter 2:9-10
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1 Peter 2:9-10
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9 But you are not like that, for you are a chosen people. You are royal priests,[a] a holy nation, God’s very own possession. As a result, you can show others the goodness of God, for he called you out of the darkness into his wonderful light.
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.”[b]
1 Peter 2:9-10
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1 Peter 2:9-10
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9 But you are a chosen people,(A) a royal priesthood,(B) a holy nation,(C) God’s special possession,(D) that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.(E) 10 Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God;(F) once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
Zechariah 13:9
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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.’”
Zechariah 13:9
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Zechariah 13:9
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Romans 3:29
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Romans 3:29
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29 After all, is God the God of the Jews only? Isn’t he also the God of the Gentiles? Of course he is.
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Romans 3:29
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Romans 3:29
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29 Or is God the God of Jews only? Is he not the God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too,(A)
Hosea 1:9-10
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Hosea 1:9-10
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9 And the Lord said, “Name him Lo-ammi—‘Not my people’—for Israel is not my people, and I am not their God.
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.
Hosea 1:9-10
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Hosea 1:9-10
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9 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)
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- Hosea 1:9 Or your I am
Revelation 21:3-4
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Revelation 21:3-4
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3 I heard a loud shout from the throne, saying, “Look, God’s home is now among his people! He will live with them, and they will be his people. God himself will be with them.[a] 4 He will wipe every tear from their eyes, and there will be no more death or sorrow or crying or pain. All these things are gone forever.”
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- 21:3 Some manuscripts read God himself will be with them, their God.
Revelation 21:3-4
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Revelation 21:3-4
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3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Look! God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them.(A) They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God.(B) 4 ‘He will wipe every tear from their eyes.(C) There will be no more death’[a](D) or mourning or crying or pain,(E) for the old order of things has passed away.”(F)
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- Revelation 21:4 Isaiah 25:8
Psalm 22:27
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Psalm 22:27
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27 The whole earth will acknowledge the Lord and return to him.
All the families of the nations will bow down before him.
Psalm 22:27
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Psalm 22:27
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Deuteronomy 26:17-19
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Deuteronomy 26:17-19
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17 You have declared today that the Lord is your God. And you have promised to walk in his ways, and to obey his decrees, commands, and regulations, and to do everything he tells you. 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. 19 And if you do, he will set you high above all the other nations he has made. Then you will receive praise, honor, and renown. You will be a nation that is holy to the Lord your God, just as he promised.”
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Deuteronomy 26:17-19
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Deuteronomy 26:17-19
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17 You have declared this day that the Lord is your God and that you will walk in obedience to him, that you will keep his decrees, commands and laws—that you will listen to him.(A) 18 And the Lord has declared this day that you are his people, his treasured possession(B) as he promised, and that you are to keep all his commands. 19 He has declared that he will set you in praise,(C) fame and honor high above all the nations(D) he has made and that you will be a people holy(E) to the Lord your God, as he promised.
Malachi 1:11
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Malachi 1:11
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11 But my name is honored[a] by people of other nations from morning till night. All around the world they offer[b] sweet incense and pure offerings in honor of my name. For my name is great among the nations,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.
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Zechariah 8:22-23
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Zechariah 8:22-23
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22 Many peoples and powerful nations will come to Jerusalem to seek the Lord of Heaven’s Armies and to ask for his blessing.
23 “This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says: In those days ten men from different nations and languages of the world will clutch at the sleeve of one Jew. And they will say, ‘Please let us walk with you, for we have heard that God is with you.’”
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Zechariah 8:22-23
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Zechariah 8:22-23
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22 And many peoples and powerful nations will come to Jerusalem to seek the Lord Almighty and to entreat him.”(A)
23 This is what the Lord Almighty says: “In those days ten people from all languages and nations will take firm hold of one Jew by the hem of his robe and say, ‘Let us go with you, because we have heard that God is with you.’”(B)
Zechariah 2:11
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Zechariah 2:11
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11 Many nations will join themselves to the Lord on that day, and they, too, will be my people. I will live among you, and you will know that the Lord of Heaven’s Armies sent me to you.
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Zechariah 2:11
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Zechariah 2:11
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11 “Many nations will be joined with the Lord in that day and will become my people.(A) I will live among you and you will know that the Lord Almighty has sent me to you.(B)
Jeremiah 31:27
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Jeremiah 31:27
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27 “The day is coming,” says the Lord, “when I will greatly increase the human population and the number of animals here in Israel and Judah.
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Jeremiah 31:27
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Jeremiah 31:27
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27 “The days are coming,”(A) declares the Lord, “when I will plant(B) the kingdoms of Israel and Judah with the offspring of people and of animals.
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