'My People' in the Bible

The ox knows its owner,and the donkey its master’s feeding trough,but Israel does not know;My people do not understand.”

Youths oppress My people,and women rule over them.My people, your leaders mislead you;they confuse the direction of your paths.

Why do you crush My peopleand grind the faces of the poor?”This is the declarationof the Lord God of Hosts.

Therefore My people will go into exilebecause they lack knowledge;her dignitaries are starving,and her masses are parched with thirst.

to keep the poor from getting a fair trialand to deprive the afflicted among my people of justice,so that widows can be their spoiland they can plunder the fatherless.

Therefore, the Lord God of Hosts says this: “My people who dwell in Zion, do not fear Assyria, though he strikes you with a rod and raises his staff over you as the Egyptians did.

The Lord of Hosts will bless them, saying, “Egypt My people, Assyria My handiwork, and Israel My inheritance are blessed.”

Go, my people, enter your roomsand close your doors behind you.Hide for a little while until the wrath has passed.

for the ground of my peoplegrowing thorns and briers,indeed, for every joyous house in the joyful city.

Then my people will dwell in a peaceful place,in safe and secure dwellings.

“Comfort, comfort My people,”says your God.

I was angry with My people;I profaned My possession,and I placed them under your control.You showed them no mercy;you made your yoke very heavy on the elderly.

Pay attention to Me, My people,and listen to Me, My nation;for instruction will come from Me,and My justice for a light to the nations.I will bring it about quickly.

I have put My words in your mouth,and covered you in the shadow of My hand,in order to plant the heavens,to found the earth,and to say to Zion, “You are My people.”

For this is what the Lord God says:“At first My people went down to Egypt to live there,then Assyria oppressed them without cause.

So now what have I here”—this is the Lord’s declaration—“that My people are taken away for nothing?Its rulers wail”—this is the Lord’s declaration—“and My name is continually blasphemed all day long.

Therefore My people will know My name;therefore they will know on that daythat I am He who says:Here I am.”

He was taken away because of oppression and judgment;and who considered His fate?For He was cut off from the land of the living;He was struck because of my people’s rebellion.

He said,“Build it up, build it up, prepare the way,remove every obstacle from My people’s way.”

“Cry out loudly, don’t hold back!Raise your voice like a trumpet.Tell My people their transgressionand the house of Jacob their sins.

He said, “They are indeed My people,children who will not be disloyal,”and He became their Savior.

Sharon will be a pasture for flocks,and the Valley of Achor a place for cattle to lie down,for My people who have sought Me.

I will rejoice in Jerusalemand be glad in My people.The sound of weeping and cryingwill no longer be heard in her.

They will not build and others live in them;they will not plant and others eat.For My people’s lives will belike the lifetime of a tree.My chosen ones will fully enjoythe work of their hands.