Hosea 2:1
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2 [a]“In that day you will call your brothers Ammi—‘My people.’ And you will call your sisters Ruhamah—‘The ones I love.’
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- 2:1 Verses 2:1-23 are numbered 2:3-25 in Hebrew text.
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]
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!’”
1 Timothy 1:13
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13 even though I used to blaspheme the name of Christ. In my insolence, I persecuted his people. But God had mercy on me because I did it in ignorance and unbelief.
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2 Corinthians 4:1
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4 Therefore, since God in his mercy has given us this new way,[a] we never give up.
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Romans 11:30-31
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30 Once, you Gentiles were rebels against God, but when the people of Israel rebelled against him, God was merciful to you instead. 31 Now they are the rebels, and God’s mercy has come to you so that they, too, will share[a] in God’s mercy.
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- 11:31 Other manuscripts read will now share; still others read will someday share.
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 1:9-11
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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.’ 11 Then the people of Judah and Israel will unite together. They will choose one leader for themselves, and they will return from exile together. What a day that will be—the day of Jezreel[b]—when God will again plant his people in his land.
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Ezekiel 37:27
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27 I will make my home among them. I will be their God, and they will be my people.
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Ezekiel 36:28
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28 “And you will live in Israel, the land I gave your ancestors long ago. You will be my people, and I will be your God.
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Ezekiel 11:20
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20 so they will obey my decrees and regulations. Then they will truly be my people, and I will be their God.
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Jeremiah 32:38
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38 They will be my people, and I will be their God.
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Jeremiah 31:33
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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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Exodus 19:5-6
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5 Now if you will obey me and keep my covenant, you will be my own special treasure from among all the peoples on earth; for all the earth belongs to me. 6 And you will be my kingdom of priests, my holy nation.’ This is the message you must give to the people of Israel.”
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