Isaiah 63:19
New Living Translation
19 Sometimes it seems as though we never belonged to you,
as though we had never been known as your people.
Ephesians 2:12
New Living Translation
12 In those days you were living apart from Christ. You were excluded from citizenship among the people of Israel, and you did not know the covenant promises God had made to them. You lived in this world without God and without hope.
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Romans 9:4
New Living Translation
4 They are the people of Israel, chosen to be God’s adopted children.[a] God revealed his glory to them. He made covenants with them and gave them his law. He gave them the privilege of worshiping him and receiving his wonderful promises.
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- 9:4 Greek chosen for sonship.
Acts 15:17
New Living Translation
17 so that the rest of humanity might seek the Lord,
including the Gentiles—
all those I have called to be mine.
The Lord has spoken—
Acts 14:16
New Living Translation
16 In the past he permitted all the nations to go their own ways,
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Amos 9:12
New Living Translation
12 And Israel will possess what is left of Edom
and all the nations I have called to be mine.[a]”
The Lord has spoken,
and he will do these things.
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- 9:11b-12 Greek version reads and restore its former glory, / so that the rest of humanity, including the Gentiles— / all those I have called to be mine—might seek me. Compare Acts 15:16-17.
Isaiah 65:1
New Living Translation
Judgment and Final Salvation
65 The Lord says,
“I was ready to respond, but no one asked for help.
I was ready to be found, but no one was looking for me.
I said, ‘Here I am, here I am!’
to a nation that did not call on my name.[a]
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- 65:1 Or to a nation that did not bear my name.
Psalm 135:4
New Living Translation
4 For the Lord has chosen Jacob for himself,
Israel for his own special treasure.
Psalm 79:6
New Living Translation
6 Pour out your wrath on the nations that refuse to acknowledge you—
on kingdoms that do not call upon your name.
Jeremiah 10:25
New Living Translation
25 Pour out your wrath on the nations that refuse to acknowledge you—
on the peoples that do not call upon your name.
For they have devoured your people Israel[a];
they have devoured and consumed them,
making the land a desolate wilderness.
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