Hosea 2:1

And as in times past you were yourselves disobedient to God, but now, thanks to their disobedience, have obtained mercy;

So then, as I have this ministry because of God's mercy to me, I do not lose heart.

although I had formerly been a blasphemer and a persecutor and a doer of outrage. But I obtained mercy because I acted ignorantly in unbelief.

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Say ye unto your brethren, Ammi; and to your sisters, Ruhamah.

And as in times past you were yourselves disobedient to God, but now, thanks to their disobedience, have obtained mercy;

So then, as I have this ministry because of God's mercy to me, I do not lose heart.

although I had formerly been a blasphemer and a persecutor and a doer of outrage. But I obtained mercy because I acted ignorantly in unbelief.