Hosea 2:23
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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)
Romans 9:25-26
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25 As he also says in Hosea,
“Those who were not my people I will call ‘my people,’
and her who was not beloved I will call ‘beloved.’ ”(A)
26 “And in the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’
there they shall be called children of the living God.”(B)
1 Peter 2:9-10
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9 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s own people,[a] in order that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.(A)
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.(B)
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- 2.9 Gk a people for his possession
Zechariah 13:9
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9 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)
Hosea 1:9-10
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9 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)
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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 also? Yes, of gentiles also,
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Zechariah 2:11
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11 Many nations shall join themselves to the Lord on that day and shall be my people, and I will dwell in your midst. And you shall know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you.
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Revelation 21:3-4
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3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying,
“See, the home[a] of God is among mortals.
He will dwell[b] with them;
they will be his peoples,[c]
and God himself will be with them and be their God;[d](A)
4 he will wipe every tear from their eyes.
Death will be no more;
mourning and crying and pain will be no more,
for[e] the first things have passed away.”(B)
Deuteronomy 26:17-19
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17 Today you have obtained the Lord’s agreement: to be your God; and for you to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, his commandments, and his ordinances, and to obey him. 18 Today the Lord has obtained your agreement: to be his treasured people, as he promised you, and to keep all his commandments;(A) 19 for him to set you high above all nations that he has made, in praise and in fame and in honor; and for you to be a people holy to the Lord your God, as he promised.”(B)
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Zechariah 8:22-23
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22 Many peoples and strong nations shall come to seek the Lord of hosts in Jerusalem and to entreat the favor of the Lord.(A) 23 Thus says the Lord of hosts: In those days ten men from nations of every language shall take hold of a Jew, grasping his garment and saying, ‘Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.’ ”(B)
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Psalm 22:27
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27 All the ends of the earth shall remember
and turn to the Lord,
and all the families of the nations
shall worship before him.[a](A)
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- 22.27 Gk Syr Jerome: Heb you
Malachi 1:11
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11 For from the rising of the sun to its setting my name is great among the nations, and in every place incense is offered to my name and a pure offering, for my name is great among the nations, says the Lord of hosts.(A)
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Hosea 1:6
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6 She conceived again and bore a daughter. Then the Lord said to him, “Name her Lo-ruhamah,[a] for I will no longer have pity on the house of Israel or forgive them.(A)
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- 1.6 That is, not pitied
Jeremiah 32:38
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38 They shall be my people, and I will be their God.
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Jeremiah 31:27
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Individual Retribution
27 The days are surely coming, says the Lord, when I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of humans and the seed of animals.(A)
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Psalm 68:31
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31 Let bronze be brought from Egypt;
let Cush hasten to stretch out its hands to God.(A)
Romans 11:30-32
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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. 32 For God has imprisoned all in disobedience so that he may be merciful to all.(B)
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- 11.31 Other ancient authorities lack now
Jeremiah 16:19
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19 O Lord, my strength and my stronghold,
my refuge in the day of trouble,
to you shall the nations come
from the ends of the earth and say:
“Our ancestors have inherited nothing but lies,
worthless things in which there is no profit.(A)
Psalm 118:28
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28 You are my God, and I will give thanks to you;
you are my God; I will extol you.(A)
Romans 15:9-11
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9 and that the gentiles might glorify God for his mercy. As it is written,
“Therefore I will confess you among the gentiles
and sing praises to your name”;(A)
10 and again he says,
“Rejoice, O gentiles, with his people”;
11 and again,
“Praise the Lord, all you gentiles,
and let all the peoples praise him”;
Zechariah 14:16
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16 Then all who survive of the nations that have come against Jerusalem shall go up year after year to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, and to keep the Festival of Booths.[a](A)
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- 14.16 Or Tabernacles
Zechariah 14:9
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9 And the Lord will become king over all the earth; on that day the Lord will be one and his name one.(A)
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Psalm 72:16
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16 May there be abundance of grain in the land;
may it wave on the tops of the mountains;
may its fruit be like Lebanon;
and may people blossom in the cities
like the grass of the field.(A)
1 Thessalonians 1:9-10
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9 For they report about us what kind of welcome we had among you and how you turned to God from idols to serve a living and true God(A) 10 and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead—Jesus, who rescues us from the coming wrath.(B)
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Zechariah 10:9
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9 Though I scattered them among the nations,
yet in far countries they shall remember me,
and they shall rear their children and return.(A)
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