Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

And it

Bible References

The number

Genesis 13:16
And I will make your descendants like the dust of the earth, so that if anyone is able to count the dust of the earth, then your descendants also can be counted.
Genesis 32:12
But you said, 'I will certainly make you prosper and will make your descendants like the sand on the seashore, too numerous to count.'"
Isaiah 48:19
Your descendants would have been as numerous as sand, and your children like its granules. Their name would not have been cut off and eliminated from my presence.
Romans 9:27
And Isaiah cries out on behalf of Israel, "Though the number of the children of Israel are as the sand of the sea, only the remnant will be saved,
Hebrews 11:12
So in fact children were fathered by one man -- and this one as good as dead -- like the number of stars in the sky and like the innumerable grains of sand on the seashore.

And it

Romans 9:25
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.'"

It was said

Hosea 2:23
Then I will plant her as my own in the land. I will have pity on 'No Pity' (Lo-Ruhamah). I will say to 'Not My People' (Lo-Ammi), 'You are my people!' And he will say, 'You are my God!'"
Isaiah 43:6
I will say to the north, 'Hand them over!' and to the south, 'Don't hold any back!' Bring my sons from distant lands, and my daughters from the remote regions of the earth,
Isaiah 49:17
Your children hurry back, while those who destroyed and devastated you depart.
Isaiah 54:1
"Shout for joy, O barren one who has not given birth! Give a joyful shout and cry out, you who have not been in labor! For the children of the desolate one are more numerous than the children of the married woman," says the Lord.
Isaiah 60:4
Look all around you! They all gather and come to you -- your sons come from far away and your daughters are escorted by guardians.
Isaiah 66:20
They will bring back all your countrymen from all the nations as an offering to the Lord. They will bring them on horses, in chariots, in wagons, on mules, and on camels to my holy hill Jerusalem," says the Lord, "just as the Israelites bring offerings to the Lord's temple in ritually pure containers.
1 Peter 2:9
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of his own, so that you may proclaim the virtues of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

Ye are the sons

John 1:12
But to all who have received him -- those who believe in his name -- he has given the right to become God's children
Romans 8:14
For all who are led by the Spirit of God are the sons of God.
Romans 9:26
"And in the very place where it was said to them, 'You are not my people,' there they will be called 'sons of the living God.'"
2 Corinthians 6:18
and I will be a father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters," says the All-Powerful Lord.
Galatians 4:6
And because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, who calls "Abba! Father!"
1 John 3:1
(See what sort of love the Father has given to us: that we should be called God's children -- and indeed we are! For this reason the world does not know us: because it did not know him.

General references

Psalm 102:22
when the nations gather together, and the kingdoms pay tribute to the Lord.
Ezekiel 11:17
"Therefore say: 'This is what the sovereign Lord says: When I regather you from the peoples and assemble you from the lands where you have been dispersed, I will give you back the country of Israel.'
Romans 3:29
Or is God the God of the Jews only? Is he not the God of the Gentiles too? Yes, of the Gentiles too!

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