Hosea 1:10 Cross References
Hosea 1:10
10: Yet the time will come when Israel will prosper and become a great nation. In that day its people will be like the sands of the seashore--too many to count! Then, at the place where they were told, `You are not my people,' it will be said, `You are children of the living God.'
2 Corinthians 6:18
- And I will be your Father, and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty. "
Galatians 4:6
- And because you Gentiles have become his children, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, and now you can call God your dear Father.
- Now you are no longer a slave but God's own child. And since you are his child, everything he has belongs to you.
1 John 3:1
- See how very much our heavenly Father loves us, for he allows us to be called his children, and we really are! But the people who belong to this world don't know God, so they don't understand that we are his children.
- Yes, dear friends, we are already God's children, and we can't even imagine what we will be like when Christ returns. But we do know that when he comes we will be like him, for we will see him as he really is.
1 Peter 2:9
- But you are not like that, for you are a chosen people. You are a kingdom of priests, God's holy nation, his very own possession. This is so you can show others the goodness of God, for he called you out of the darkness into his wonderful light.
- "Once you were not a people; now you are the people of God. Once you received none of God's mercy; now you have received his mercy."
John 1:12
- But to all who believed him and accepted him, he gave the right to become children of God.
Romans 9:25
- Concerning the Gentiles, God says in the prophecy of Hosea, "Those who were not my people, I will now call my people. And I will love those whom I did not love before."
- And, "Once they were told, 'You are not my people.' But now he will say, 'You are children of the living God.'"
- Concerning Israel, Isaiah the prophet cried out, "Though the people of Israel are as numerous as the sand on the seashore, only a small number will be saved.
- For the Lord will carry out his sentence upon the earth quickly and with finality."
Romans 8:14
- For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God.
- So you should not be like cowering, fearful slaves. You should behave instead like God's very own children, adopted into his family--calling him "Father, dear Father."
- For his Holy Spirit speaks to us deep in our hearts and tells us that we are God's children.
- And since we are his children, we will share his treasures--for everything God gives to his Son, Christ, is ours, too. But if we are to share his glory, we must also share his suffering.
Isaiah 43:6
- and from north and south. I will bring my sons and daughters back to Israel from the distant corners of the earth.
Isaiah 66:20
- They will bring the remnant of your people back from every nation. They will bring them to my holy mountain in Jerusalem as an offering to the LORD. They will ride on horses, in chariots and wagons, and on mules and camels," says the LORD.
Hosea 2:23
- "At that time I will plant a crop of Israelites and raise them for myself! I will show love to those I called `Not loved.' And to those I called `Not my people,' I will say, `Now you are my people.' Then they will reply, `You are our God!'"
Isaiah 60:4
- "Look and see, for everyone is coming home! Your sons are coming from distant lands; your little daughters will be carried home.
- Your eyes will shine, and your hearts will thrill with joy, for merchants from around the world will come to you. They will bring you the wealth of many lands.
- Vast caravans of camels will converge on you, the camels of Midian and Ephah. From Sheba they will bring gold and incense for the worship of the LORD.
- The flocks of Kedar will be given to you, and the rams of Nebaioth will be brought for my altars. In that day I will make my Temple glorious.
- "And what do I see flying like clouds to Israel, like doves to their nests?
Hosea 1:9
- And the LORD said, "Name him Lo-ammi--`Not my people'--for Israel is not my people, and I am not their God.
Genesis 13:16
- And I am going to give you so many descendants that, like dust, they cannot be counted!
Hebrews 11:12
- And so a whole nation came from this one man, Abraham, who was too old to have any children--a nation with so many people that, like the stars of the sky and the sand on the seashore, there is no way to count them.
Genesis 22:17
- I will bless you richly. I will multiply your descendants into countless millions, like the stars of the sky and the sand on the seashore. They will conquer their enemies,
Isaiah 48:19
- Then you would have become as numerous as the sands along the seashore--too many to count! There would have been no need for your destruction."
Jeremiah 33:22
- And as the stars cannot be counted and the sand on the seashores cannot be measured, so I will multiply the descendants of David, my servant, and the Levites who minister before me."
Genesis 32:12
- But you promised to treat me kindly and to multiply my descendants until they become as numerous as the sands along the seashore--too many to count."
Isaiah 49:17
- Soon your descendants will come back, and all who are trying to destroy you will go away.
- Look and see, for all your children will come back to you. As surely as I live," says the LORD, "they will be like jewels or bridal ornaments for you to display.
- "Even the most desolate parts of your abandoned land will soon be crowded with your people. Your enemies who enslaved you will be far away.
- The generations born in exile will return and say, `We need more room! It's crowded here!'
- Then you will think to yourself, `Who has given me all these descendants? For most of my children were killed, and the rest were carried away into exile. I was left here all alone. Who bore these children? Who raised them for me?'"
Isaiah 54:1
- "Sing, O childless woman! Break forth into loud and joyful song, O Jerusalem, even though you never gave birth to a child. For the woman who could bear no children now has more than all the other women," says the LORD.
- "Enlarge your house; build an addition; spread out your home!
- For you will soon be bursting at the seams. Your descendants will take over other nations and live in their cities.