Hosea 1:10
Yet the number of the children of Israel was as the sand of the sea, which shall not be measured nor numbered: and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said to them, You⌃ are not my people, even they shall be called the sons of the living God.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
In Context
9And he said, Call his name, Not my people: for you⌃ are not my people, and I am not your God.
Cross References
Genesis 13:16And I will make your seed like the + 13:16 Gr. sand. dust of the earth; if any one is able to number the dust of the earth, then shall your seed be numbered.
Genesis 32:12But you said, I will do you good, and will make your seed as the sand of the sea, which shall not be numbered for multitude.
Isaiah 43:6I will say to the north, Bring; and to the south, Keep not back; bring my sons from the land afar off, and my daughters from the ends of the earth;
Isaiah 49:17And you shall soon be built by those by whom you were destroyed, and they that made you desolate shall go forth of you.
Isaiah 60:4Lift up your eyes round about, and behold your children gathered: all your sons have come from far, and your daughters shall be borne on men's shoulders.
Jeremiah 33:22And the king sent men into Egypt;
Matthew Henry on Hosea 1:9-11
Temporary Rejection of Israel; Promises of Mercy. ( b. c. 768.) 8 Now when she had weaned Lo-ruhamah, she conceived, and bare a son. 9 Then said God, Call his name Lo-ammi: for ye are not my people, and I will not be your God. 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 people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God. 11 Then… Read the whole commentary →