Hosea 1:10
Yet the number of the children of Israel will be as the sand of the sea, which can't be measured nor numbered; and it will come to pass that, in the place where it was said to them, 'You are not my people,' they will be called 'sons of the living God.'
New Heart English Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
9He said, "Call his name Lo-Ammi; for you are not my people, and I will not be yours.
Cross References
Genesis 13:16I will make your offspring as the dust of the earth, so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then your seed may also be numbered.
Genesis 32:12You said, 'I will surely do you good, and make your seed as the sand of the sea, which can't be numbered because there are so many.'"
Isaiah 43:6I will tell the north, 'Give them up!'and tell the south, 'Do not hold them back!Bring my sons from far,and my daughters from the ends of the earth-
Isaiah 49:17Your children make haste; your destroyers and those who made you waste shall go forth from you.
Isaiah 60:4"Lift up your eyes all around, and see: they all gather themselves together, they come to you; your sons shall come from far, and your daughters shall be carried in the arms.
Jeremiah 33:22As the army of the sky can't be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured; so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites who minister to me.'"
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 →