Hosea 1:10

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.

The number

Hebrews 11:12

And it

Romans 9:25

It was said

1 Peter 2:9

Ye are the sons

General references

Psalm 102:22

Ezekiel 11:17

Romans 3:29

Bible References

The number

I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth. If anyone could count the dust, your offspring could be counted.

You said, 'I will make sure that you are prosperous and that your descendants will be as many as the grains of sand on the seashore. No one will be able to count them because there are so many.'

Your descendants would be like sand. Your children would be like its grains. Their names would not be cut off or wiped out in my presence.

Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: Should the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, the remnant shall be saved.

This was to come from one man and him as good as dead. There were born children, as many as the stars of heaven in multitude, and as uncountable as the sand by the seashore.

And it

He says also in Hosea: Those who are not my people I will call my people. And she who is not loved I will call loved.

It was said

And I will sow her to me in the earth! I will have mercy (compassion) on her who had not obtained mercy. I will say to those who were not my people: 'You are my people!' They will answer: 'You are my God!'

I will say to the north, 'Give them up,' and to the south, 'do not keep them. Bring my sons from far away and my daughters from the ends of the earth.

Your children will hurry back. Those who destroyed you and laid you waste will leave you.

Sing joyfully, O barren woman, you who never bore a child! Burst into song and shout for joy, you who were never in labor! More are the children of the desolate woman than of the woman, who has a husband, proclaims Jehovah.

Look up, look around, and watch. All of your people assemble and come to you. Your sons come from far away. Your daughters are carried in their arms.

They will bring all your brothers from every nation like a grain offering to Jehovah. They will come on horses, in chariots, in wagons, on mules and camels to my holy mountain, Jerusalem, declares Jehovah. They will come like the people of Israel who bring their grain offerings in clean dishes to Jehovah's temple.

You are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, and a people for God's own possession, that you may show the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

Ye are the sons

He gave the right to become children of God to all who received him. Even to those who believe in his name.

All who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.

In the place where it was said to them: You are not my people, they will be called Sons of the living God. (Hosea 2:23)

I will be a Father to you, and you will be to me sons and daughters, said Jehovah God the Almighty. (Hosea 1:10)

Because you are sons, God sent the spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, Abba, Father.

Observe the love the Father gave to us that we should be called the children of God. That is what we are! For this reason the world does not know us. This is because it did not know him.

General references

When the peoples and kingdoms are gathered together to serve Jehovah.

Therefore say, 'The Lord Jehovah says: I will gather you from the peoples and assemble you out of the countries among which you have been scattered. I will give you the land of Israel.

Or is God the God of the Jews only? Is he not the God of the nations also? Yes, of the nations also.