Hosea 1:10

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

“In the future the number of the people of Israel will be like the sand of the sea, which you cannot measure or count. In the same place that God told them, ‘You are not my people,’ he will call them ‘children of the Living God.’

Cross References

2 Corinthians 6:18

“I will be your father, and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord All-Powerful.” 2 Samuel 7:14; 7:8

John 1:12

But some people did accept him. They believed in him, and he gave them the right to become children of God.

Isaiah 43:6

I will tell the north: Give my people to me. I will tell the south: Don’t keep my people in prison. Bring my sons and daughters to me from the faraway places.

Hosea 2:23

I will sow her many seeds on her land. To Lo-Ruhamah, I will show mercy. To Lo-Ammi, I will say, ‘You are my people.’ And they will say to me, ‘You are our God.’”

Isaiah 66:20

And they will bring all your brothers and sisters from those other nations to my holy mountain Jerusalem as an offering to the Lord. Your brothers and sisters will ride on horses, mules, camels, and in chariots and wagons. They will be like the gifts that the Israelites bring on clean plates to the Temple of the Lord.

Genesis 13:16

I will make your people so many that they will be like the dust of the earth. If people could count all the particles of dust on earth, they could count your people.

Hosea 1:9

Then the Lord said, “Name him Lo-Ammi, because you are not my people, and I am not your God.”

Genesis 22:17

I will surely bless you and give you as many descendants as the stars in the sky. There will be as many people as sand on the seashore. And your people will live in cities that they will take from their enemies.

Hebrews 11:12

Abraham was so old he was almost dead. But from that one man came as many descendants as there are stars in the sky. So many people came from him that they are like grains of sand on the seashore.

Genesis 32:12

Lord, you said to me, ‘I will be good to you. I will increase your family and make your children as many as the sands of the sea. There will be too many to count.’”

Jeremiah 33:22

But I will give many descendants to my servant David and to the tribe of Levi. They will be as many as the stars in the sky—no one can count all the stars. And they will be as many as the grains of sand on the seashore—no one can count the grains of sand.”

Isaiah 48:19

If you had obeyed me, you would have had as many children as there are grains of sand. And they would always have been mine and would never have been destroyed.”

Romans 8:19

Everything that God made is waiting with excitement for the time when he will show the world who his children are. The whole world wants very much for that to happen.

Isaiah 63:16

Look, you are our father! Abraham does not know us. Israel does not recognize us. Lord, you are our father! You are the one who has always saved us!

Isaiah 64:8

But, Lord, you are our father. We are like clay, and you are the potter. Your hands made us all.

Isaiah 65:1

“I helped people who had not come to me for advice. Those who found me were not looking for me. I spoke to a nation that does not use my name. I said, ‘Here I am! Here I am!’

Daniel 6:26

I am making a new law. This law is for people in every part of my kingdom. All of you must fear and respect the God of Daniel. Daniel’s God is the living God; he lives forever. His kingdom will never be destroyed. His rule will never end.

2 Samuel 7:24

You made the people of Israel your very own people forever, and Lord, you became their God.