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Hosea 1:10

Israel
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8 After she had weaned Lo-ruhamah, Gomer conceived and gave birth to a son.

9 And the LORD said, “Name him Lo-ammi, for you are not My people, and I am not your God.

Yet the number of the Israelites will be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or counted. And it will happen that in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’

11 Then the people of Judah and of Israel will be gathered together, and they will appoint for themselves one leader, and will go up out of the land. For great will be the day of Jezreel.

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BSB
Yet the number of the Israelites will be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or counted. And it will happen that in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’
KJV
Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God.
WEB
Yet the number of the children of Israel will be as the sand of the sea, which can’t be measured or counted; and it will come to pass that, in the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’
ASV
Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass that, in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, it shall be said unto them, [Ye are] the sons of the living God.
DARBY
Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea which cannot be measured or numbered; and it shall come to pass, [that] in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, it shall be said unto them, Sons of the living God.
BLB
And the number of the sons of Israel shall be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured and cannot be counted; and it will come to pass, in the place where it was said to them, ‘You⁺ [are] not My people,’ it will be said of them, ‘Sons of the living God.’
ÅB
Men allikevel skal tallet på Israels barn bli som havets sand, som ikke lar seg måle eller telle, og det skal skje: På det sted hvor det ble sagt til dem: Dere er ikke mitt folk, skal det sies til dem: Den levende Guds barn!
OTB
Likevel skal tallet på israelittene være som sanden ved havet, som ikke kan måles eller telles. På det stedet hvor det ble sagt til dem: ‘Dere er ikke mitt folk,’ skal de kalles ‘den levende Guds barn.’
B1930
Men allikevel skal tallet på Israels barn bli som havets sand, som ikke lar sig måle eller telle, og det skal skje: På det sted hvor det blev sagt til dem: I er ikke mitt folk, skal det sies til dem: Den levende Guds barn!

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  • 2 Corinthians 6:18

    And: “I will be a Father to you, and you will be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”

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  • Galatians 4:6–7

    And because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!”

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  • John 1:12

    But to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God—

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  • Romans 9:25–28

    As He says in Hosea: “I will call them ‘My People’ who are not My people, and I will call her ‘My Beloved’ who is not My beloved,”

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  • 1 Peter 2:9–10

    But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.

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  • 1 John 3:1–2

    Behold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him.

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  • Romans 8:14–17

    For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.

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  • Isaiah 43:6

    I will say to the north, ‘Give them up!’ and to the south, ‘Do not hold them back!’ Bring My sons from afar, and My daughters from the ends of the earth—

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