Hosea 2:23

New Living Translation

At that time I will plant a crop of Israelites and raise them for myself. I will show love to those I called ‘Not loved.’ And to those I called ‘Not my people,’ I will say, ‘Now you are my people.’ And they will reply, ‘You are our God!’”

Cross References

Psalm 118:28

You are my God, and I will praise you! You are my God, and I will exalt you!

Psalm 22:27

The whole earth will acknowledge the Lord and return to him. All the families of the nations will bow down before him.

Psalm 68:31

Let Egypt come with gifts of precious metals; let Ethiopia bring tribute to God.

Psalm 72:16

May there be abundant grain throughout the land, flourishing even on the hilltops. May the fruit trees flourish like the trees of Lebanon, and may the people thrive like grass in a field.

Song of Solomon 2:16

My lover is mine, and I am his. He browses among the lilies.

Isaiah 44:5

Some will proudly claim, ‘I belong to the Lord.’ Others will say, ‘I am a descendant of Jacob.’ Some will write the Lord’s name on their hands and will take the name of Israel as their own.”

Jeremiah 16:19

Lord, you are my strength and fortress, my refuge in the day of trouble! Nations from around the world will come to you and say, “Our ancestors left us a foolish heritage, for they worshiped worthless idols.

Jeremiah 30:22

You will be my people, and I will be your God.”

Jeremiah 31:27

“The day is coming,” says the Lord, “when I will greatly increase the human population and the number of animals here in Israel and Judah.

Jeremiah 32:38

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

Jeremiah 33:26

I will never abandon the descendants of Jacob or David, my servant, or change the plan that David’s descendants will rule the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Instead, I will restore them to their land and have mercy on them.”

Ezekiel 36:29

I will cleanse you of your filthy behavior. I will give you good crops of grain, and I will send no more famines on the land.

Hosea 1:6

Soon Gomer became pregnant again and gave birth to a daughter. And the Lord said to Hosea, “Name your daughter Lo-ruhamah—‘Not loved’—for I will no longer show love to the people of Israel or forgive them.

Hosea 8:2

Now Israel pleads with me, ‘Help us, for you are our God!’

Zechariah 10:9

Though I have scattered them like seeds among the nations, they will still remember me in distant lands. They and their children will survive and return again to Israel.

Zechariah 13:9

I will bring that group through the fire and make them pure. I will refine them like silver and purify them like gold. They will call on my name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘These are my people,’ and they will say, ‘The Lord is our God.’”

Zechariah 14:16

In the end, the enemies of Jerusalem who survive the plague will go up to Jerusalem each year to worship the King, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, and to celebrate the Festival of Shelters.

Zechariah 14:9

And the Lord will be king over all the earth. On that day there will be one Lord—his name alone will be worshiped.

Zechariah 2:11

Many nations will join themselves to the Lord on that day, and they, too, will be my people. I will live among you, and you will know that the Lord of Heaven’s Armies sent me to you.

Malachi 1:11

But my name is honored by people of other nations from morning till night. All around the world they offer sweet incense and pure offerings in honor of my name. For my name is great among the nations,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.

Romans 3:29

After all, is God the God of the Jews only? Isn’t he also the God of the Gentiles? Of course he is.

James 1:1

This letter is from James, a slave of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ. I am writing to the “twelve tribes”—Jewish believers scattered abroad. Greetings!