Hosea 2:23

New International Reader's Version

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.’ ”

Cross References

Psalm 118:28

You are my God, and I will praise you. You are my God, and I will honor you.

Psalm 22:27

People from one end of the earth to the other will remember and turn to the Lord. The people of all the nations will bow down in front of him.

Psalm 68:31

Messengers will come from Egypt. The people of Cush will be quick to bring gifts to you.

Psalm 72:16

May there be plenty of grain everywhere in the land. May it sway in the wind on the tops of the hills. May the crops grow well, like those in Lebanon. May they grow like the grass of the field.

Song of Solomon 2:16

“My love belongs to me, and I belong to him. Like an antelope, he eats among the lilies.

Isaiah 44:5

Some will say, ‘We belong to the Lord.’ Others will call themselves by Jacob’s name. Still others will write on their hands, ‘We belong to the Lord.’ And they will be called by the name of Israel.

Jeremiah 16:19

Lord, you give me strength. You are like a fort to me. When I’m in trouble, I go to you for safety. The nations will come to you from one end of the earth to the other. They will gather together and say, “Our people of long ago didn’t own anything except statues of gods. The statues were worthless. They didn’t do them any good.

Jeremiah 30:22

“So you will be my people. And I will be your God.”

Jeremiah 31:27

Here is what the Lord announces. “The days are coming when I will plant the kingdoms of Israel and Judah again. I will plant them with children and young animals.

Jeremiah 32:38

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

Jeremiah 33:26

Only then would I turn my back on the children of Jacob and my servant David. Only then would I not choose one of David’s sons to rule over the children of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. But I will bless my people with great success again. I will love them with tender love.’ ”

Ezekiel 36:29

I will save you from all your ‘uncleanness.’ I will give you plenty of grain. You will have more than enough. So you will never be hungry again.

Hosea 1:6

Gomer became pregnant again. She had a daughter. Then the Lord said to Hosea, “Name her Lo-Ruhamah.” Lo-Ruhamah means Not Loved. “That’s because I will no longer show love to the people of Israel. I will not forgive them anymore.

Hosea 8:2

Israel shouts to me, ‘We recognize you as our God!’

Zechariah 10:9

I have scattered them among the nations. But in lands far away they will remember me. They and their children will be kept alive. And they will return.

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.’ ”

Zechariah 14:16

But some people from all the nations that have attacked Jerusalem will still be left alive. All of them will go up there to worship the King. He is the Lord who rules over all. Year after year these people will celebrate the Feast of Booths.

Zechariah 14:9

The Lord will be king over the whole earth. On that day there will be one Lord. His name will be the only name.

Zechariah 2:11

‘At that time many nations will join themselves to me. And they will become my people. I will live among you,’ says the Lord. Then you will know that the Lord who rules over all has sent me to you.

Malachi 1:11

My name will be great among the nations. They will worship me from where the sun rises in the east to where it sets in the west. In every place, incense and pure offerings will be brought to me. That’s because my name will be great among the nations,” says the Lord.

Romans 3:29

Or is God the God of Jews only? Isn’t he also the God of Gentiles? Yes, he is their God too.

James 1:1

I, James, am writing this letter. I serve God and the Lord Jesus Christ. I am sending this letter to you, the 12 tribes scattered among the nations. Greetings.