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Hosea 1:9 (Listen)

And the Lord said, n“Call his name Not My People,1 for oyou are not my people, and I am not your God.”2

Footnotes

[1] 1:9 Hebrew Lo-ammi, which means not my people
[2] 1:9 Hebrew I am not yours

Hosea 2:1 (Listen)

Israel's Unfaithfulness Punished

1 Say to your brothers, x“You are my people,”2 and to your sisters, y“You have received mercy.”3

Footnotes

[1] 2:1 Hebrew ruhama, which means she has received mercy
[2] 2:1 Hebrew ammi, which means my people
[3] 2:1 Hebrew ruhama, which means she has received mercy

Hosea 2:23 (Listen)

23 and sI will sow her for myself in the land.

And tI uwill have mercy on No Mercy,1

and vI will say to Not My People,2 w‘You are my people’;

and he shall say, ‘You are my God.’”

Footnotes

[1] 2:23 Hebrew Lo-ruhama
[2] 2:23 Hebrew Lo-ammi

Romans 9:25 (Listen)

25 As indeed he says in Hosea,

k“Those who were not my people I will call ‘my people,’

and her who was not beloved I will call ‘beloved.’”

1 Peter 2:10 (Listen)

10 gOnce you were not a people, but now you are God's people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.