Hosea 2:23

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Hosea 2:21–23 · Berean Standard Bible

21 “On that day I will respond—” declares the LORD— “I will respond to the heavens, and they will respond to the earth.

22 And the earth will respond to the grain, to the new wine and oil, and they will respond to Jezreel.

23 And I will sow her as My own in the land, and I will have compassion on ‘No Compassion.’ I will say to those called ‘Not My People,’ ‘You are My people,’ and they will say, ‘You are my God.’”

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Psalms 72:16

May there be an abundance of grain in the land; may it sway atop the hills. May its fruit trees flourish like the forests of Lebanon, and its people like the grass of the field.

Jeremiah 31:27

“The days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man and of beast.

Zechariah 10:9

Though I sow them among the nations, they will remember Me in distant lands; they and their children will live and return.

Acts 8:1

And Saul was there, giving approval to Stephen’s death. On that day a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria.

Acts 8:2

God-fearing men buried Stephen and mourned deeply over him.

Acts 8:3

But Saul began to destroy the church. Going from house to house, he dragged off men and women and put them in prison.

Acts 8:4

Those who had been scattered preached the word wherever they went.

James 1:1

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes of the Dispersion: Greetings.

1 Peter 1:1

Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To the elect who are exiles of the Dispersion throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, chosen

1 Peter 1:2

according to the foreknowledge of God the Father and sanctified by the Spirit for obedience to Jesus Christ and sprinkling by His blood: Grace and peace be yours in abundance.

Hosea 1:6

Gomer again conceived and gave birth to a daughter, and the LORD said to Hosea, “Name her Lo-ruhamah, for I will no longer have compassion on the house of Israel, that I should ever forgive them.

Romans 11:30

Just as you who formerly disobeyed God have now received mercy through their disobedience,

Romans 11:31

so they too have now disobeyed, in order that they too may now receive mercy through the mercy shown to you.

Romans 11:32

For God has consigned everyone to disobedience so that He may have mercy on everyone.

1 Peter 2:9

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.

1 Peter 2:10

Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

Hosea 1:10

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.’

Zechariah 2:11

“On that day many nations will join themselves to the LORD, and they will become My people. I will dwell among you, and you will know that the LORD of Hosts has sent Me to you.

Zechariah 13:9

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.’”

Romans 9:25

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,”

Romans 9:26

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.’”

Hosea 8:2

Israel cries out to Me, “O our God, we know You!”

Deuteronomy 26:17

Today you have proclaimed that the LORD is your God and that you will walk in His ways, keep His statutes and commandments and ordinances, and listen to His voice.

Deuteronomy 26:18

And today the LORD has proclaimed that you are His people and treasured possession as He promised, that you are to keep all His commandments,

Deuteronomy 26:19

that He will set you high in praise and name and honor above all the nations He has made, and that you will be a holy people to the LORD your God, as He has promised.

Psalms 22:27

All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD. All the families of the nations will bow down before Him.

Psalms 68:31

Envoys will arrive from Egypt; Cush will stretch out her hands to God.

Psalms 118:28

You are my God, and I will give You thanks. You are my God, and I will exalt You.

Song of Solomon 2:16

My beloved is mine and I am his; he pastures his flock among the lilies.

Isaiah 44:5

One will say, ‘I belong to the LORD,’ another will call himself by the name of Jacob, and still another will write on his hand, ‘The LORD’s,’ and will take the name of Israel.”

Jeremiah 16:19

O LORD, my strength and my fortress, my refuge in the day of distress, the nations will come to You from the ends of the earth, and they will say, “Our fathers inherited nothing but lies, worthless idols of no benefit at all.

Jeremiah 32:38

They will be My people, and I will be their God.

Zechariah 8:22

And many peoples and strong nations will come to seek the LORD of Hosts in Jerusalem and to plead before the LORD.”

Zechariah 8:23

This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “In those days ten men from the nations of every tongue will tightly grasp the robe of a Jew, saying, ‘Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.’”

Zechariah 14:9

On that day the LORD will become King over all the earth—the LORD alone, and His name alone.

Zechariah 14:16

Then all the survivors from the nations that came against Jerusalem will go up year after year to worship the King, the LORD of Hosts, and to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles.

Malachi 1:11

For My name will be great among the nations, from where the sun rises to where it sets. In every place, incense and pure offerings will be presented in My name, because My name will be great among the nations,” says the LORD of Hosts.

Romans 3:29

Is God the God of Jews only? Is He not the God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too,

Romans 15:9

so that the Gentiles may glorify God for His mercy. As it is written: “Therefore I will praise You among the Gentiles; I will sing hymns to Your name.”

Romans 15:10

Again, it says: “Rejoice, O Gentiles, with His people.”

Romans 15:11

And again: “Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles, and extol Him, all you peoples.”

1 Thessalonians 1:9

For they themselves report what kind of welcome you gave us, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God

1 Thessalonians 1:10

and to await His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead—Jesus our deliverer from the coming wrath.

Revelation 21:3

And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying: “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man, and He will dwell with them. They will be His people, and God Himself will be with them as their God.

Revelation 21:4

‘He will wipe away every tear from their eyes,’ and there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the former things have passed away.”