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Hosea 1:10

Yet the number of the Israelites will be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or counted. And it will happen that in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’

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ASV

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 people, it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God.

KJV

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 people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God.

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24 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְֽ֠הָיָהVe.ha.yahand it will beH1961 →
מִסְפַּ֤רmis.Par[the] number ofH4557 →
בְּנֵֽי־be.nei-[the] people ofH1121 →
יִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478 →
כְּח֣וֹלke.Chollike [the] sand ofH2344 →
הַיָּ֔םhai.Yamthe seaH3220 →
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhichH834 →
לֹֽא־lo'-notH3808 →
יִמַּ֖דyi.Madit will be measuredH4058 →
וְלֹ֣אve.Lo'and notH3808 →
יִסָּפֵ֑רyi.sa.Ferit will be countedH5608 →
וְֽ֠הָיָהVe.ha.yahand it will beH1961 →
בִּמְק֞וֹםbim.Komin [the] placeH4725 →
אֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-<of> whereH834 →
יֵאָמֵ֤רye.'a.Merit was saidH559 →
לָהֶם֙la.Hemto them
לֹֽא־lo'-notH3808 →
עַמִּ֣י'a.Mi[are] people myH5971 →
אַתֶּ֔ם'a.TemyouH859 →
יֵאָמֵ֥רye.'a.Merit will be saidH559 →
לָהֶ֖םla.Hemto them
בְּנֵ֥יbe.Neichildren ofH1121 →
אֵֽל־'el-[the] GodH410 →
חָֽי׃ChailivingH2416 →

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2 Corinthians 6:18And: “I will be a Father to you, and you will be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”Galatians 4:6–7And because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!”Hebrews 8:10For this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their minds and inscribe them on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.John 1:12But to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God—Romans 9:25–28As He says in Hosea: “I will call them ‘My People’ who are not My people, and I will call her ‘My Beloved’ who is not My beloved,”1 Peter 2:9–10But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.1 John 3:1–2Behold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him.Romans 8:14–17For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.Isaiah 43:6I will say to the north, ‘Give them up!’ and to the south, ‘Do not hold them back!’ Bring My sons from afar, and My daughters from the ends of the earth—Hosea 2:23And I will sow her as My own in the land, and I will have compassion on ‘No Compassion.’ I will say to those called ‘Not My People,’ ‘You are My people,’ and they will say, ‘You are my God.’”Romans 8:14For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.Isaiah 66:20And they will bring all your brothers from all the nations as a gift to the LORD on horses and chariots and wagons, on mules and camels, to My holy mountain Jerusalem,” says the LORD, “just as the Israelites bring an offering in a clean vessel to the house of the LORD.”Isaiah 60:4–22Lift up your eyes and look around: They all gather and come to you; your sons will come from afar, and your daughters will be carried on the arm.Genesis 13:16I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if one could count the dust of the earth, then your offspring could be counted.Hosea 1:9And the LORD said, “Name him Lo-ammi, for you are not My people, and I am not your God.Genesis 22:17I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies.Isaiah 65:1“I revealed Myself to those who did not ask for Me; I was found by those who did not seek Me. To a nation that did not call My name, I said, ‘Here I am! Here I am!’Hebrews 11:12And so from one man, and he as good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore.

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