Hosea 2:23
And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them which were not my people, Thou art my people; and they shall say, Thou art my God.
KJV
Et seminabo eam mihi in terra, et miserebor ejus quæ fuit Absque misericordia.
Vulgate
καὶ σπερῶ αὐτὴν ἐμαυτῷ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, καὶ ἀγαπήσω τὴν Οὐκ ἠγαπημένην, καὶ ἐρῶ τῷ Οὐ λαῷ μου Λαός μου εἶ σύ, καὶ αὐτὸς ἐρεῖ Κύριος ὁ θεός μου εἶ σύ.
LXX
And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them that were not my people, Thou art my people; and they shall say, Thou art my God.
ASV
וְ/הָיָ֣ה בַּ/יּ֣וֹם הַ/ה֗וּא אֶֽעֱנֶה֙ נְאֻם יְהוָ֔ה אֶעֱנֶ֖ה אֶת הַ/שָּׁמָ֑יִם וְ/הֵ֖ם יַעֲנ֥וּ אֶת הָ/אָֽרֶץ
Hebrew
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Intertextual echoes
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1Pet 2:10 · adapted"Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy."Hosea: I will say to Not My People you are my people — church identity
Themes
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Unity of the faith of the Church throughout the whole world. 1. The Church, though dispersed throughout the whole world, even to the ends of the earth, has received from the apostles and their disciples this faith: [She believes] in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are in them; and in one Christ Jesus, the Son of God, wh…
Source. Translated by J. Walker, J. Sheppard and H. Browne, and revised by George B. Stevens. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series, Vol. 11. Edited by Philip Schaff. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1889.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. <https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/210216.htm>. Contact information. The editor of New Adven…
Cross-references
- 1Pet 2:9 — But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
- 1Pet 2:10 — Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
- 1Thess 1:9 — For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God;
- 2Cor 6:16 — And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my p
- Acts 15:17 — That the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, saith the Lord, who doeth all these things.
- Col 3:11 — Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.
- Deut 26:17 — Thou hast avouched the LORD this day to be thy God, and to walk in his ways, and to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and to hearken unto his voice:
- Ezek 37:27 — My tabernacle also shall be with them: yea, I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
- Heb 8:10 — For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, an
- Hos 1:6 — And she conceived again, and bare a daughter. And God said unto him, Call her name Loruhamah: for I will no more have mercy upon the house of Israel; but I will utterly take them away.
- Hos 1:6 — And she conceived again, and bare a daughter. And God said unto him, Call her name Loruhamah: for I will no more have mercy upon the house of Israel; but I will utterly take them away.
- Hos 1:9 — Then said God, Call his name Loammi: for ye are not my people, and I will not be your God.
- Hos 1:10 — Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my
- Hos 2:1 — Say ye unto your brethren, Ammi; and to your sisters, Ruhamah.
- Hos 8:2 — Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee.
- Isa 19:25 — Whom the LORD of hosts shall bless, saying, Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel mine inheritance.
- Isa 27:6 — He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root: Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit.
- Isa 44:5 — One shall say, I am the LORD’s; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the LORD, and surname himself by the name of Israel.
- Jas 1:1 — James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.
- Jer 16:19 — O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanit
- Jer 30:22 — And ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.
- Jer 31:27 — Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man, and with the seed of beast.
- Jer 31:27 — Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man, and with the seed of beast.
- Jer 32:38 — And they shall be my people, and I will be their God:
- Jer 33:26 — Then will I cast away the seed of Jacob, and David my servant, so that I will not take any of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to retu
- Luke 24:47 — And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
- Mal 1:11 — For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my nam
- Matt 5:7 — Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
- Ps 22:27 — All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
- Ps 68:31 — Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God.
- Ps 72:16 — There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.
- Ps 118:28 — Thou art my God, and I will praise thee: thou art my God, I will exalt thee.
- Rev 11:15 — And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.
- Rev 21:3 — And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their G
- Rom 3:29 — Is he the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also:
- Rom 9:25 — As he saith also in Osee, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved.
- Rom 9:25 — As he saith also in Osee, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved.
- Rom 11:30 — For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief:
- Rom 15:9 — And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and sing unto thy name.
- Song 2:16 — My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies.