Hosea 1:10

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⁸ Now when she had weaned Lo-ruhamah, she conceived, and bare a son.

⁹ Then said God, Call his name Lo-ammi: for ye are not my people, and I will not be your God.

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.

¹¹ Then shall the children of Judah and the children of Israel be gathered together, and appoint themselves one head, and they shall come up out of the land: for great shall be the day of Jezreel.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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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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Cross references

2 Corinthians 6:18
And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
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Galatians 4:6–7
And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
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John 1:12
But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
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Romans 9:25–28
As he saith also in Osee, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved.
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1 Peter 2:9–10
But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
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1 John 3:1–2
Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
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Romans 8:14–17
For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
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Isaiah 43:6
I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth;
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