'People' in the Bible

"And I'll bring so much distress to people that they will walk around like the blind. Because they have sinned against the LORD, their blood will be poured out like dust and their intestines will spill out like manure.

seek the LORD, all you humble people of the land, who do what he commands. Seek righteousness! Seek humility! Maybe you will be protected in the Day of the LORD's anger."

Woe to those who live along the coast, the people of Philistia! This message from the LORD is being spoken against you, Canaan, land of the Philistines: "I'll destroy you until no one lives there!'

"I've heard Moab's insults and the curses from those Ammonites by which they defame my people and boast about their territory.

Therefore as I'm alive and living," declares the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, the God of Israel, "Moab will surely become like Sodom, and the Ammonites like Gomorrah, a place overrun by weeds and salty marshes, unpopulated forever. The survivors of my people will confiscate their property, and those who remain of my nation will inherit what was theirs.

This they will have in lieu of their pride, because they have insulted and mocked the people of the LORD of the Heavenly Armies.

Indeed, then I will return my people to a pure language so that they all may call upon the name of the LORD, serving him with a united will.

"From beyond the rivers of Sudan my worshipers including my dispersed people will present offerings to me.

I will keep a humble and gentle people among you, and they will trust in the name of the LORD.

At that time I will gather you; at that time I will bring you home. Indeed, I will give you a good reputation, making you praiseworthy among all of the people of the world, when I restore your prosperity before your eyes," says the LORD.