Romans 9:25

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²⁵As indeed he says in Hosea,

^(A)“Those who were not my people I will call ‘my people,’
and her who was not beloved I will call ‘beloved.’”

Hosea 2:23

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²³    and ^(A)I will sow her for myself in the land.
And ^(B)I ^(C)will have mercy on No Mercy,^[a]
    and ^(D)I will say to Not My People,^[b] ^(E)‘You are my people’;
    and he shall say, ‘You are my God.’”

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Hosea 2:23 Hebrew Lo-ruhama
Hosea 2:23 Hebrew Lo-ammi

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1 Peter 2:10

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¹⁰^(A)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.

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Ezekiel 16:8

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⁸“When I passed by you again and saw you, behold, you were at the age for love, and ^(A)I spread the corner of my garment over you and covered your nakedness; I made my vow to you ^(B)and entered into a covenant with you, declares the Lord God, ^(C)and you became mine.

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Romans 1:7

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⁷To all those in Rome who are loved by God and called to be saints:

^(A)Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

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John 16:27

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²⁷^(A)for the Father himself loves you, because ^(B)you have loved me and ^(C)have believed that I came from God.^[a]

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John 16:27 Some manuscripts from the Father

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Hosea 1:1-2

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1 The word of the Lord that came to Hosea, the son of Beeri, ^(A)in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of ^(B)Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel.

Hosea's Wife and Children

²When the Lord first spoke through Hosea, the Lord said to Hosea, ^(C)“Go, take to yourself a wife of whoredom and have ^(D)children of whoredom, for ^(E)the land commits great whoredom by forsaking the Lord.”