And you established for yourself your people Israel to be your people forever. And you, O Lord, became their God.
Romans 9:25 - English Standard Version 2016 As indeed he says in Hosea, “Those who were not my people I will call ‘my people,’ and her who was not beloved I will call ‘beloved.’” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 As he saith also in Osee, I will call them my people, which were not my people; And her beloved, which was not beloved. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Just as He says in Hosea, Those who were not My people I will call My people, and her who was not beloved [I will call] My beloved. [Hos. 2:23.] American Standard Version (1901) As he saith also in Hosea, I will call that my people, which was not my people; And her beloved, that was not beloved. Common English Bible As it says also in Hosea, “I will call “my people” those who aren’t my people,” “and the one who isn’t well loved, I will call “loved one.”” Catholic Public Domain Version just as he says in Hosea: "I will call those who were not my people, 'my people,' and she who was not beloved, 'beloved,' and she who had not obtained mercy, 'one who has obtained mercy.' Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version As in Osee he saith: I will call that which was not my people, my people; and her that was not beloved, beloved; and her that had not obtained mercy, one that hath obtained mercy. |
And you established for yourself your people Israel to be your people forever. And you, O Lord, became their God.
“When I passed by you again and saw you, behold, you were at the age for love, and I spread the corner of my garment over you and covered your nakedness; I made my vow to you and entered into a covenant with you, declares the Lord God, and you became mine.
and I will sow her for myself in the land. And I will have mercy on No Mercy, and I will say to Not My People, ‘You are my people’; and he shall say, ‘You are my God.’”
for the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God.
To all those in Rome who are loved by God and called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.