Hosea 1:10

Bible in Basic English 1965

But still the number of the children of Israel will be like the sand of the sea, which may not be measured or numbered; and in place of its being said to them, You are not my people, it will be said to them, You are the sons of the living God

Cross References

Genesis 13:16

And I will make your children like the dust of the earth, so that if the dust of the earth may be numbered, then will your children be numbered.

Genesis 22:17

That I will certainly give you my blessing, and your seed will be increased like the stars of heaven and the sand by the seaside; your seed will take the land of those who are against them;

Genesis 32:12

And you said, Truly, I will be good to you, and make your seed like the sand of the sea which may not be numbered.

2 Samuel 7:24

But you took and made strong for yourself your people Israel, to be your people for ever; and you, Lord, became their God.

Isaiah 43:6

I will say to the north, Give them up; and to the south, Do not keep them back; send back my sons from far, and my daughters from the end of the earth;

Isaiah 48:19

Your seed would have been like the sand, and your offspring like the dust: your name would not be cut off or come to an end before me.

Isaiah 63:16

For you are our father, though Abraham has no knowledge of us, and Israel gives no thought to us: you, O Lord, are our father; from the earliest days you have taken up our cause.

Isaiah 64:8

But now, O Lord, you are our father; we are the earth, and you are our maker; and we are all the work of your hand.

Isaiah 65:1

I have been ready to give an answer to those who did not make prayer to me; I have been offering myself to those who were not searching for me; I said, Here am I, here am I, to a nation which gave no respect to my name.

Isaiah 66:20

And they will take your countrymen out of all the nations for an offering to the Lord, on horses, and in carriages, and in carts, and on asses, and on camels, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, says the Lord, as the children of Israel take their offering in a clean vessel into the house of the Lord.

Jeremiah 33:22

As it is not possible for the army of heaven to be numbered, or the sand of the sea measured, so will I make the seed of my servant David, and the Levites my servants.

Daniel 6:26

It is my order that in all the kingdom of which I am ruler, men are to be shaking with fear before the God of Daniel: for he is the living God, unchanging for ever, and his kingdom is one which will never come to destruction, his rule will go on to the end.

Hosea 1:9

And the Lord said, Give him the name Lo-ammi; for you are not my people, and I will not be your God.

Hosea 2:23

And I will put her as seed in the earth, and I will have mercy on her to whom no mercy was given; and I will say to those who were not my people, You are my people, and they will say, My God.

John 1:12

To all those who did so take him, however, he gave the right of becoming children of Godthat is, to those who had faith in his name:

Romans 8:19

For the strong desire of every living thing is waiting for the revelation of the sons of God.

2 Corinthians 6:18

And will be a Father to you; and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord, the Ruler of all.

Hebrews 11:12

So that from one man, who was near to death, came children in number as the stars in heaven, or as the sand by the seaside, which may not be numbered.