2 Samuel 7:24

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For thou hast confirmed to thyself thy people Israel to be a people unto thee for ever: and thou, LORD, art become their God.

Confirmed

Genesis 17:7

Deuteronomy 26:18

Art become

Bible References

Confirmed

I will confirm my covenant as a perpetual covenant between me and you. It will extend to your descendants after you throughout their generations. I will be your God and the God of your descendants after you.

And today the Lord has declared you to be his special people (as he already promised you) so you may keep all his commandments.

Art become

Who is like your people, Israel, a unique nation on the earth? Their God went to claim a nation for himself and to make a name for himself! You did great and awesome acts for your land, before your people whom you delivered for yourself from the Egyptian empire and its gods.

The Lord is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation. This is my God, and I will praise him, my father's God, and I will exalt him.

Then Moses and the Levitical priests spoke to all Israel: "Be quiet and pay attention, Israel. Today you have become the people of the Lord your God.

You made Israel your very own nation for all time. You, O Lord, became their God.

For God, our God, is our defender forever! He guides us!

Look, God is my deliverer! I will trust in him and not fear. For the Lord gives me strength and protects me; he has become my deliverer."

At that time I will be the God of all the clans of Israel and they will be my people. I, the Lord, affirm it!"

They will be my people, and I will be their God.

However, in the future the number of the people of Israel will be like the sand of the sea which can be neither measured nor numbered. Although it was said to them, "You are not my people," it will be said to them, "You are children of the living God!"

Then I will bring the remaining third into the fire; I will refine them like silver is refined and will test them like gold is tested. They will call on my name and I will answer; I will say, 'These are my people,' and they will say, 'The Lord is my God.'"

But to all who have received him -- those who believe in his name -- he has given the right to become God's children

As he also says in Hosea: "I will call those who were not my people, 'My people,' and I will call her who was unloved, 'My beloved.'"

You once were not a people, but now you are God's people. You were shown no mercy, but now you have received mercy.