Verse 1

The number of the Israelites will be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or counted. In the place where it was said to them, 'You are not my people,' they will be called 'Children of the living God.'

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Referenced Verses

  • Hos 2:23 : 23 On that day, I will answer, declares the LORD. I will answer the heavens, and they will answer the earth.
  • Zech 13:9 : 9 This third I will bring through the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. 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.’
  • Rom 11:30-31 : 30 Just as you who were at one time disobedient to God have now received mercy as a result of their disobedience, 31 so they too have now been disobedient in order that they too may now receive mercy as a result of God’s mercy to you.
  • 2 Cor 4:1 : 1 Therefore, since we have this ministry, just as we were shown mercy, we do not lose heart.
  • 1 Tim 1:13 : 13 Even though I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent man, I was shown mercy because I acted in ignorance and unbelief.
  • 1 Pet 2:10 : 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.
  • Exod 19:5-6 : 5 Now, if you will carefully listen to My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations, for the whole earth is Mine. 6 You will be for Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.' These are the words you are to speak to the Israelites.
  • Jer 31:33 : 33 This is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD: I will put my law within them and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.
  • Jer 32:38 : 38 They will be My people, and I will be their God.
  • Ezek 11:20 : 20 Then they will follow My statutes, keep My judgments, and carry them out. They will be My people, and I will be their God.
  • Ezek 36:28 : 28 You will dwell in the land I gave to your ancestors; you will be my people, and I will be your God.
  • Ezek 37:27 : 27 My dwelling place will be with them; I will be their God, and they will be My people.
  • Hos 1:9-9 : 9 Then the LORD said, "Call him Lo-Ammi (Not My People), for you are not my people, and I am not your God."