Romans 9:25

As he says also in Hosea, “I will call them ‘my people,’ which were not my people; and her ‘beloved,’ who was not beloved.”

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WEBBE

As he says also in Hosea, “I will call them ‘my people,’ which were not my people; and her ‘beloved,’ who was not beloved.”

BSB

As 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,”

KJV

As he saith also in Osee, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved.

ASV

As he saith also in Hosea, I will call that my people, which was not my people; And her beloved, that was not beloved.

BBE

As he says in Hosea, They will be named my people who were not my people, and she will be loved who was not loved.

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ὡς hōs As G5613 καὶ kai also G2532 ἐν en in G1722 τῷ tō (the) G3588 Ὡσηὲ Hōsēe Hosea G5617 λέγει legei He says G3004 καλέσω kalesō I will call G2564 τὸν ton that which [is] G3588 οὐ ou not G3756 λαόν laon people G2992 μου mou of Mine G3165 λαόν laon people G2992 μου mou of Mine G3165 καὶ kai and G2532 τὴν tēn her who G3588 οὐκ ouk not G3756 ἠγαπημένην ēgapēmenēn loved G25 ἠγαπημένην ēgapēmenēn loved G25

The early church

"I will call them My people, which were not My people; and her beloved, which was not beloved." Here to prevent their saying, that you are deceiving us here with specious reasoning, he calls Hosea to witness, who crieth and saith, "I will call them My people, who were not My people." Who then are the not-people? Plainly, the Gentiles. And who the not-beloved? The same again. However, he says, that they shall become at once people, and beloved, and sons of God.
John Chrysostom · d. 407Homilies on Romans

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 25–29

The rejecting of the Jews, and the taking in the Gentiles, were foretold in the Old Testament. It tends very much to the clearing of a truth, to observe how the Scripture is fulfilled in it. It is a wonder of Divine power and mercy that there are any saved: for even those left to be a seed, if God had dealt with them according to their sins, had perished with the rest. This great truth this Scripture teaches us. Even among the vast number of professing Christians it is to be feared that only a remnant will be saved.

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Hosea 2:25

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Hosea

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Quotations And AllusionsProphecyHoseaOsee

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