6 Bible Verses about Israel As Sons Of God

[Is] Ephraim my dear son, or [the] child of [my] delight? For {as often as} I have earnestly spoken against him, I still remember him. {Therefore} my bowels are turbulent for him, surely I will have compassion on him," {declares} Yahweh.

"You [are] children of Yahweh your God; [therefore] you must not gash yourself, and {you must not make your forehead bald} for [the] dead.

I have said, "You [are] gods, and sons of the Most High, all of you.

If I had said, "I will speak thus," behold, I would have acted treacherously against your children's generation.

Then I thought, 'How I would set you among the children, and I would give you a land of desire, an inheritance of [the] glory of [the] hosts of nations.' And I thought, 'You would call me, "My father," and you would not turn back from {behind} me.'

They [have] behaved corruptly toward him; [they are] not his children; [this is] their flaw, a generation crooked and perverse.