Hosea 2:1

New International Reader's Version

“People of Israel, call your brothers ‘My people.’ And call your sisters ‘My loved ones.’

Cross References

Genesis 22:17

So I will certainly bless you. I will make the children born into your family as many as the stars in the sky. I will make them as many as the grains of sand on the seashore. They will take over the cities of their enemies.

Jeremiah 31:33

“This is the covenant I will make with Israel after that time,” announces the Lord. “I will put my law in their minds. I will write it on their hearts. I will be their God. And they will be my people.

Jeremiah 32:38

They will be my people. And I will be their God.

Jeremiah 51:5

The land of Israel and Judah is full of guilt. Its people have sinned against me. But I have not deserted them. I am their God. I am the Lord who rules over all. I am the Holy One of Israel.

Ezekiel 11:20

Then they will follow my rules. They will be careful to keep my laws. They will be my people. And I will be their God.

Ezekiel 36:11

I will cause many people and animals to live in you, Israel. They will have many babies. I will cause people to make their homes in your towns, just as I did in the past. I will help you succeed more than ever before. Then you will know that I am the Lord.

Ezekiel 36:28

Then you will live in the land I gave your people of long ago. You will be my people. And I will be your God.

Ezekiel 37:27

I will live with them. I will be their God. And they will be my people.

Hosea 2:2

“Tell your mother she is wrong. Tell her she is wrong. She isn’t acting like a wife to me anymore. She no longer treats me as her husband. Tell her to stop looking and acting like a prostitute. Tell her not to let her lovers lie on her breasts anymore.

Hosea 2:23

I will plant her in the land for myself. I will show my love to the one I called Not My Loved One. I will say, ‘You are my people’ to those who were called Not My People. And they will say, ‘You are my God.’ ”

Zechariah 13:9

I will put this third in the fire. I will make them as pure as silver. I will test them like gold. They will call out to me. And I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are my people.’ And they will say, ‘The Lord is our God.’ ”

2 Corinthians 4:1

So because of God’s mercy, we have work to do. He has given it to us. And we don’t give up.

1 Timothy 1:13

I used to speak evil things against Jesus. I tried to hurt his followers. I really pushed them around. But God showed me mercy anyway. I did those things without knowing any better. I wasn’t a believer.

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.