Hosea 1:10
Yet shall the number of the sons of Israel become like the sand of the sea, which can neither he measured, nor numbered,—and it shall come to pass, in the place where it used to be said to them, No people of mine, are ye, it shall be said to them, Sons of a Living God!
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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Genesis 13:16and I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth,—so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, thy seed also, may be numbered.
Genesis 32:12But, thou thyself, saidst,—I will deal well with thee. So will I make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which is not to be counted, for multitude.
Isaiah 43:6I will say to the North Give up! And to the South Do not withhold! Bring in My sons from far, and My daughters from the end of the earth;
Isaiah 49:17In haste are thy sons,—They who have been tearing thee down and laying thee waste, out of thee, let them go forth!
Isaiah 60:4Lift up—round about—thine eyes and see, They all, have gathered themselves together—have come to thee,—Thy sons, from afar shall come, And thy daughters, on the side, shall be carried.
Jeremiah 33:22As, the host of the heavens, cannot be recorded, Nor the sand of the sea, be measured, So, will I multiply, The seed of David my servant, And the Levites who attend upon 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 →