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And I will love those whom I did not love before.” <a href="/esv/romans/9.htm">English Standard Version</a> As indeed he says in Hosea, “Those who were not my people I will call ‘my people,’ and her who was not beloved I will call ‘beloved.’” <a href="/bsb/romans/9.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> As He says in Hosea: “I will call them ‘My People’ who are not My people, and I will call her ‘My Beloved’ who is not My beloved,” <a href="/blb/romans/9.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> As He also says in Hosea: "I will call that which is not My people, My people; and her not having been loved, having been loved," <a href="/kjv/romans/9.htm">King James Bible</a> As he saith also in Osee, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved. <a href="/nkjv/romans/9.htm">New King James Version</a> As He says also in Hosea: “I will call them My people, who were not My people, And her beloved, who was not beloved.” <a href="/nasb_/romans/9.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> as He also says in Hosea: “I WILL CALL THOSE WHO WERE NOT MY PEOPLE, ‘MY PEOPLE,’ AND HER WHO WAS NOT BELOVED, ‘BELOVED.’” <a href="/nasb/romans/9.htm">NASB 1995</a> As He says also in Hosea, &#8220I WILL CALL THOSE WHO WERE NOT MY PEOPLE, &#8216MY PEOPLE,&#8217 AND HER WHO WAS NOT BELOVED, &#8216BELOVED.&#8217&#8221 <a href="/nasb77/romans/9.htm">NASB 1977 </a> As He says also in Hosea, “I WILL CALL THOSE WHO WERE NOT MY PEOPLE, ‘MY PEOPLE,’ AND HER WHO WAS NOT BELOVED, ‘BELOVED.’” <a href="/lsb/romans/9.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> As He says also in Hosea, “I WILL CALL THOSE WHO WERE NOT MY PEOPLE, ‘MY PEOPLE,’ AND HER WHO WAS NOT BELOVED, ‘BELOVED.’” <a href="/amp/romans/9.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Just as He says in [the writings of the prophet] Hosea: “I WILL CALL THOSE WHO WERE NOT MY PEOPLE, ‘MY PEOPLE,’ AND [I will call] HER WHO WAS NOT BELOVED, ‘BELOVED.’” <a href="/csb/romans/9.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> As it also says in Hosea, I will call Not My People, My People, and she who is Unloved, Beloved. <a href="/hcsb/romans/9.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> As He also says in Hosea: I will call Not My People, My People, and she who is Unloved, Beloved. <a href="/asv/romans/9.htm">American Standard Version</a> As he saith also in Hosea, I will call that my people, which was not my people; And her beloved, that was not beloved. <a href="/cev/romans/9.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> just as the Lord says in the book of Hosea, "Although they are not my people, I will make them my people. I will treat with love those nations that have never been loved. <a href="/erv/romans/9.htm">English Revised Version</a> As he saith also in Hosea, I will call that my people, which was not my people; And her beloved, which was not beloved. <a href="/gwt/romans/9.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> As God says in Hosea: "Those who are not my people I will call my people. Those who are not loved I will call my loved ones. <a href="/gnt/romans/9.htm">Good News Translation</a> This is what he says in the book of Hosea: "The people who were not mine I will call 'My People.' The nation that I did not love I will call 'My Beloved.' <a href="/isv/romans/9.htm">International Standard Version</a> As the Scripture says in Hosea, "Those who are not my people I will call my people, and the one who was not loved I will call my loved one. <a href="/msb/romans/9.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> As He says in Hosea: ?I will call them ?My People? who are not My people, and I will call her ?My Beloved? who is not My beloved,? <a href="/net/romans/9.htm">NET Bible</a> As he also says in Hosea: "I will call those who were not my people, 'My people,' and I will call her who was unloved, 'My beloved.'" <a href="/nheb/romans/9.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> As he says also in Hosea, "I will call them which were not my people 'my people,' and her who was not loved, 'loved.'" <a href="/wbt/romans/9.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> As he saith also in Hosea, I will call them My people, who were not my people; and her Beloved, who was not beloved. <a href="/wey/romans/9.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> So also in Hosea He says, "I will call that nation My People which was not My People, and I will call her beloved who was not beloved. <a href="/web/romans/9.htm">World English Bible</a> As he says also in Hosea, “I will call them ‘my people,’ which were not my people; and her ‘beloved,’ who was not beloved.” <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/romans/9.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> as also in Hosea He says, “I will call what [is] not My people—My people; and her not beloved—Beloved, <a href="/blb/romans/9.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> As He also says in Hosea: "I will call that which is not My people, My people; and her not having been loved, having been loved," <a href="/ylt/romans/9.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> as also in Hosea He saith, 'I will call what is not My people -- My people; and her not beloved -- Beloved, <a href="/slt/romans/9.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> As also he says in Hosea, I will call not my people my people; and the not loved, loved.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/romans/9.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> As in Osee he saith: I will call that which was not my people, my people; and her that was not beloved, beloved; and her that had not obtained mercy, one that hath obtained mercy. <a href="/cpdv/romans/9.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> just as he says in Hosea: “I will call those who were not my people, ‘my people,’ and she who was not beloved, ‘beloved,’ and she who had not obtained mercy, ‘one who has obtained mercy.’ <a href="/nabre/romans/9.htm">New American Bible</a> As indeed he says in Hosea: “Those who were not my people I will call ‘my people,’ and her who was not beloved I will call ‘beloved.’ <a href="/nrsvce/romans/9.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> As indeed he says in Hosea, “Those who were not my people I will call ‘my people,’ and her who was not beloved I will call ‘beloved.’”<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/romans/9.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> As he said also in Hosea, I will call them my people, who were not my own people; and her beloved, who was not beloved. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/romans/9.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> Just as it says also in Hosea: “I shall call those who were not my people, 'My people', and you who were not beloved, 'Beloved'.<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/romans/9.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> As he says also in Hosea: I will call that my people which is not my people, and her beloved, who was not beloved. <a href="/godbey/romans/9.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> as he says in Hosea, I will call them my people, who are not my people; and her beloved, who is not beloved: <a href="/haweis/romans/9.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> As also he saith in Hosea,<RX 28.1.10> ?I will call her which was not my people, my people; and her which was not beloved, beloved. <a href="/mace/romans/9.htm">Mace New Testament</a> as he saith himself in Osee, "I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her, beloved, which was not beloved. <a href="/wey/romans/9.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> So also in Hosea He says, "I will call that nation My People which was not My People, and I will call her beloved who was not beloved. <a href="/worrell/romans/9.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> As He saith in Hosea, "I will call that My people, which was not My people; and her, 'Beloved,' who was not beloved. <a href="/worsley/romans/9.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> As He saith also in Hosea, I will call them my people, who were not my people, and her beloved, who was not beloved. <a href="/parallel/romans/9-25.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KIZs4GUMn-g?start=2384" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/romans/9.htm">The Calling of the Gentiles</a> …24including us, whom He has called not only from the Jews, but also from the Gentiles? 25<a href="/greek/5613.htm" title="5613: hōs (Adv) -- Probably adverb of comparative from hos; which how, i.e. In that manner.">As</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. "></a> <a href="/greek/3004.htm" title="3004: legei (V-PIA-3S) -- (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command. ">He says</a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc.">in</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tō (Art-DMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/5617.htm" title="5617: Hōsēe (N-DMS) -- Hosea, the Hebrew prophet. Of Hebrew origin; Hosee, an Israelite.">Hosea:</a> <a href="/greek/2564.htm" title="2564: Kalesō (V-FIA-1S) -- (a) I call, summon, invite, (b) I call, name. Akin to the base of keleuo; to call.">“I will call them</a> <a href="/greek/1473.htm" title="1473: mou (PPro-G1S) -- I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.">‘My</a> <a href="/greek/2992.htm" title="2992: laon (N-AMS) -- Apparently a primary word; a people.">People’</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ton (Art-AMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">who are</a> <a href="/greek/3756.htm" title="3756: ou (Adv) -- No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not.">not</a> <a href="/greek/1473.htm" title="1473: mou (PPro-G1S) -- I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.">My</a> <a href="/greek/2992.htm" title="2992: laon (N-AMS) -- Apparently a primary word; a people.">people,</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and I will call her</a> <a href="/greek/25.htm" title="25: ēgapēmenēn (V-RPM/P-AFS) -- To love, wish well to, take pleasure in, long for; denotes the love of reason, esteem. Perhaps from agan; to love.">‘My Beloved’</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēn (Art-AFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">who is</a> <a href="/greek/3756.htm" title="3756: ouk (Adv) -- No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not.">not</a> <a href="/greek/25.htm" title="25: ēgapēmenēn (V-RPM/P-AFS) -- To love, wish well to, take pleasure in, long for; denotes the love of reason, esteem. Perhaps from agan; to love.">My beloved,”</a> 26and, “It will happen that in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’ ”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/hosea/2-23.htm">Hosea 2:23</a> And I will sow her as My own in the land, and I will have compassion on ‘No Compassion.’ I will say to those called ‘Not My People,’ ‘You are My people,’ and they will say, ‘You are my God.’” <a href="/hosea/1-10.htm">Hosea 1:10</a> Yet the number of the Israelites will be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or counted. And it will happen that in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’ <a href="/1_peter/2-10.htm">1 Peter 2:10</a> Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy. <a href="/isaiah/65-1.htm">Isaiah 65:1</a> “I revealed Myself to those who did not ask for Me; I was found by those who did not seek Me. To a nation that did not call My name, I said, ‘Here I am! Here I am!’ <a href="/deuteronomy/32-21.htm">Deuteronomy 32:21</a> They have provoked My jealousy by that which is not God; they have enraged Me with their worthless idols. So I will make them jealous by those who are not a people; I will make them angry by a nation without understanding. <a href="/matthew/21-43.htm">Matthew 21:43</a> Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit. <a href="/acts/15-17.htm">Acts 15:17</a> so that the remnant of men may seek the Lord, and all the Gentiles who are called by My name, says the Lord who does these things <a href="/ephesians/2-12.htm">Ephesians 2:12-13</a> remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world. / But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ. <a href="/galatians/3-28.htm">Galatians 3:28</a> There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. <a href="/john/10-16.htm">John 10:16</a> I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them in as well, and they will listen to My voice. Then there will be one flock and one shepherd. <a href="/isaiah/55-5.htm">Isaiah 55:5</a> Surely you will summon a nation you do not know, and nations who do not know you will run to you. For the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, has bestowed glory on you.” <a href="/isaiah/56-8.htm">Isaiah 56:8</a> Thus declares the Lord GOD, who gathers the dispersed of Israel: “I will gather to them still others besides those already gathered.” <a href="/1_john/3-1.htm">1 John 3:1</a> Behold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him. <a href="/1_corinthians/1-26.htm">1 Corinthians 1:26-29</a> Brothers, consider the time of your calling: Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were powerful; not many were of noble birth. / But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. / He chose the lowly and despised things of the world, and the things that are not, to nullify the things that are, ... <a href="/matthew/8-11.htm">Matthew 8:11</a> I say to you that many will come from the east and the west to share the banquet with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>As he said also in Osee, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved.in Osee.<a href="/hosea/1-1.htm">Hosea 1:1,2</a> The word of the LORD that came unto Hosea, the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel… Hosea.<a href="/hosea/2-23.htm">Hosea 2:23</a> And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them which were not my people, Thou art my people; and they shall say, Thou art my God.<a href="/1_peter/2-10.htm">1 Peter 2:10</a> Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.beloved.<a href="/romans/1-7.htm">Romans 1:7</a> To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.<a href="/ezekiel/16-8.htm">Ezekiel 16:8</a> Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord GOD, and thou becamest mine.<a href="/john/16-27.htm">John 16:27</a> For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/romans/1-7.htm">Beloved</a> <a href="/hosea/1-4.htm">Hosea</a> <a href="/hosea/1-2.htm">Hose'a</a> <a href="/romans/9-20.htm">Indeed</a> <a href="/romans/9-13.htm">Loved</a> <a href="/acts/28-19.htm">Nation</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/romans/11-28.htm">Beloved</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/27-20.htm">Hosea</a> <a href="/hosea/1-1.htm">Hose'a</a> <a href="/romans/10-1.htm">Indeed</a> <a href="/romans/11-28.htm">Loved</a> <a href="/romans/10-19.htm">Nation</a><div class="vheading2">Romans 9</div>1. <a href="/romans/9-1.htm">Paul is sorry for the Jews.</a> 7. <a href="/romans/9-7.htm">All of Abraham not of the promise.</a> 18. <a href="/romans/9-18.htm">God's sovereignty.</a> 25. <a href="/romans/9-25.htm">The calling of the Gentiles and rejecting of the Jews, foretold.</a> 32. <a href="/romans/9-32.htm">The cause of their stumbling.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/romans/9.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/romans/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/romans/9.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>As He says in Hosea: This phrase references the Old Testament prophet Hosea, specifically <a href="/hosea/2-23.htm">Hosea 2:23</a> and <a href="/hosea/1-10.htm">Hosea 1:10</a>. Hosea's ministry was primarily to the Northern Kingdom of Israel in the 8th century BC. His life and prophetic messages symbolized God's relationship with Israel, often using the metaphor of marriage to illustrate faithfulness and unfaithfulness. The citation of Hosea in Romans underscores the continuity of God's plan from the Old Testament to the New Testament, highlighting the fulfillment of prophecy and the inclusion of the Gentiles into God's covenant community.“I will call them ‘My People’ who are not My people, This phrase signifies a dramatic shift in God's redemptive plan, where those who were once outside the covenant community (Gentiles) are now being included. In Hosea, this originally referred to Israel's restoration, but Paul applies it to the Gentiles, showing the expansion of God's grace beyond ethnic Israel. This reflects the theme of God's sovereignty and mercy, as He chooses to extend His covenant love to those previously not considered His people. It also connects to the broader biblical narrative of God's desire to bless all nations, as seen in the Abrahamic covenant (<a href="/genesis/12-3.htm">Genesis 12:3</a>).and I will call her ‘My Beloved’ who is not My beloved,” This phrase emphasizes the transformation of status from rejection to acceptance. In Hosea, it symbolized Israel's restoration after a period of judgment. In Romans, Paul uses it to illustrate the inclusion of the Gentiles, who were once alienated from God's promises (<a href="/ephesians/2-12.htm">Ephesians 2:12</a>). The term "My Beloved" reflects a deep, covenantal love, akin to the love Christ has for the Church (<a href="/ephesians/5-25.htm">Ephesians 5:25</a>). This transformation is a testament to God's grace and the fulfillment of His promises, demonstrating that His love and election are not limited by ethnic or cultural boundaries.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/p/paul_the_apostle.htm">Paul the Apostle</a> The author of the Book of Romans, Paul is addressing the church in Rome, explaining God's sovereignty and the inclusion of the Gentiles in His plan of salvation. 2. <a href="/topical/h/hosea.htm">Hosea</a> An Old Testament prophet whose writings Paul references to illustrate God's plan to extend His mercy beyond Israel to the Gentiles. 3. <a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a> The chosen people of God in the Old Testament, often seen as the primary recipients of God's promises. 4. <a href="/topical/g/gentiles.htm">Gentiles</a> Non-Jewish people who, according to Paul, are now included in God's covenant through faith in Jesus Christ. 5. <a href="/topical/r/rome.htm">Rome</a> The city where the recipients of Paul's letter reside, a diverse community of Jewish and Gentile believers.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_salvation.htm">God's Sovereignty in Salvation</a> God's plan of salvation is not limited by human boundaries or expectations. He chooses whom He will call His people, demonstrating His sovereign grace. <a href="/topical/i/inclusion_of_the_gentiles.htm">Inclusion of the Gentiles</a> The inclusion of the Gentiles into God's covenant family is a testament to His expansive love and mercy. This challenges believers to embrace diversity within the body of Christ. <a href="/topical/i/identity_in_christ.htm">Identity in Christ</a> Believers, regardless of their background, are given a new identity as God's people and His beloved. This identity is rooted in faith and not in ethnic or cultural heritage. <a href="/topical/f/fulfillment_of_prophecy.htm">Fulfillment of Prophecy</a> The fulfillment of Hosea's prophecy in the New Testament underscores the reliability of God's word and His faithfulness to His promises. <a href="/topical/c/call_to_evangelism.htm">Call to Evangelism</a> Understanding that God calls those who are "not His people" to become His people should motivate believers to share the gospel with all, trusting in God's ability to transform lives.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_romans_9.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Romans 9</a> <a href="/q/what_does_it_mean_god_is_our_father.htm">What does it mean for God to be our Father?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_'lo-ammi'_mean_in_the_bible.htm">What does "Lo-ammi" mean in the Bible?</a> <a href="/q/does_hosea_2_23_challenge_god's_promises.htm">Do the changing names and statuses in Hosea 2:23 (“not my people” becoming “my people”) cast doubt on the immutability of God’s promises elsewhere in the Bible?</a> <a href="/q/does_hosea_1_4-9_conflict_with_god's_mercy.htm">Does the symbolic naming in Hosea 1:4–9 conflict with the broader biblical emphasis on God’s mercy and redemption?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/romans/9.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(25) As he saith also in Osee.--The original of the prophecy in Hosea relates to the pardon and reconciliation promised to the apostate and idolatrous people of the northern kingdom. It is here typically and prophetically applied to the Gentiles. Those who had ceased to belong to the chosen people, and those who had never belonged to it, were to all intents and purposes in the same position.Osee.--"It may be questioned whether this word should be pronounced as a dissyllable, the double e being regarded as an English termination, as in Zebedee, Pharisee, &c., or as a tri-syllable, the word being considered as a reproduction of the Greek form of the name." (Lightfoot, On Revision, p. 156, n.)<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/romans/9.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verses 25-29. - (c) The inheritance of the promises by the Gentiles, with a remnant only of the Jews, shown to be in accordance with prophecy. This is really a new section of the argument, though the writer, in a way usual with him, does not mark it as such, ver. 25 being in logical connection with the preceding one, suggested by the concluding expression, "Not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles." So far nothing has been adduced to support the idea of Gentiles, to whom no original promises had been made, superseding the Jewish nation in the inheritance, though it had been shown generally that God may have mercy on whom he will; and in the earlier part of the argument (vers. 6-13) all that appeared plainly from the Old Testament was selection out of the total seed of Abraham - not the calling of a new one apart from his stock. Hence this section is necessary for completing the whole argument. Verses 25, 26. - As he saith also in Osee, I will call my people that which was not my people, and beloved her who was not beloved. And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people; there shall they be called the children of the living God. The quotation in ver. 26 is from <a href="/hosea/1-10.htm">Hosea 1:10</a>, and is correctly cited; that in ver. 25 is from <a href="/hosea/2-23.htm">Hosea 2:23</a>, and varies from both the Hebrew and the LXX., but not so as to affect the meaning. Both refer to the same subject. The prophet had been directed to "take unto him a wife of wheredoms." He had so taken "Gomer the daughter of Diblaim," who had borne him a daughter, to whom was given the symbolical name Lo-ruhamah ("Not beloved;" or, as it is interpreted in <a href="/1_peter/2-10.htm">1 Peter 2:10</a>, "Hath not obtained mercy." "Love and mercy are both contained in the full meaning of the intensive form of the Hebrew word," Pusey on 'Hosea '); and afterwards a son, who received the name Lo-ammi ("Not my people"). Both are symbols of the ten tribes of Israel as distinct from Judah; the two names denoting (as Pusey explains) successive stages of God's repudiation of the people, and the last implying entire rejection. But in <a href="/hosea/1-10.htm">Hosea 1:10</a>, after the naming of Lo-ammi, it is said, "Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are Lo-ammi, it shall be said unto them, Ye are the children of the living God." The subject is pursued through <a href="/hosea/2.htm">Hosea 2</a>, at the end of which (ver. 23) comes the other passage quoted: "And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercy on Lo-ruhamah; and I will say to Lo-ammi, Ammi ['My people'], and they shall say, My God." It might seem that these quotations are not apposite, since they referred originally, not to the Gentiles, but to the ten tribes of Israel. It is to be observed, however, that the words were spoken after these tribes had been declared to be cut off from being God's people at all, so that a principle of Divine dealing is ex- pressed which is applicable to the Gentile world. "This, which was true of Israel in its dispersion, was much more true of the Gentiles. These, too, the descendants of righteous Noah, God had cast off for the time, that they should be no more his people, when he chose Israel out of them, to make known to them his Being, and his will, and his laws, and (although in shadow and mystery) Christ who was to come. He had threatened to Israel that he should be unpitied, and no more his people; in reversing his sentence, he embraces in the arms of his mercy all who were not his people, and says to them all, that they should be my people and beloved" (Pusey on 'Hosea,' 2:23). In <a href="/1_peter/2-10.htm">1 Peter 2:10</a> the same text from Hosea is quoted as applying to those who were addressed in the Epistle, and then with more obvious applicability; for it appears to have been written, mainly at least, to Israelites of the dispersion (see <a href="/romans/1-1.htm">Romans 1:1</a>). Still, Gentile converts may be concluded to have been included (cf. <a href="/romans/1-14.htm">Romans 1:14</a>; <a href="/romans/4-3.htm">Romans 4:3</a>). It is to be observed that in ver. 25 the feminine ἠγηπημένην has reference to the daughter of the prophet, Lo-ruhamah; and that in ver. 26 "in the place where" must be understood, both in the original prophecy and the application, as meaning any region where those who were to be called my people might be. "And so St. Peter says that this Scripture, was fulfilled in them, while still scattered abroad through Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia. The place, then, where they should be called the sons of the living God is wheresoever they should believe in Christ" (Pusey). "'Tis Zion, wheresoe'er they dwell, Who, with his own true Israel, Shall own him strong to save." (Christian Year: Fifth Sunday in Lent.') The texts from Isaiah which follow are intended to show that, according to prophetic utterance, while those who were not God's people, in large numbers, would be called his people, a remnant only of the Jews would be so. <a href="/commentaries/romans/9-25.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>As ὡς (hōs) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_5613.htm">Strong's 5613: </a> Probably adverb of comparative from hos; which how, i.e. In that manner. He says λέγει (legei) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3004.htm">Strong's 3004: </a> (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command. in ἐν (en) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1722.htm">Strong's 1722: </a> In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. Hosea: Ὡσηὲ (Hōsēe) Noun - Dative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5617.htm">Strong's 5617: </a> Hosea, the Hebrew prophet. Of Hebrew origin; Hosee, an Israelite. “I will call [them] Καλέσω (Kalesō) Verb - Future Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2564.htm">Strong's 2564: </a> (a) I call, summon, invite, (b) I call, name. Akin to the base of keleuo; to 'call'. My μου (mou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1473.htm">Strong's 1473: </a> I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. people λαόν (laon) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2992.htm">Strong's 2992: </a> Apparently a primary word; a people. who [are] τὸν (ton) Article - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. not οὐ (ou) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_3756.htm">Strong's 3756: </a> No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not. My μου (mou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1473.htm">Strong's 1473: </a> I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. people, λαόν (laon) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2992.htm">Strong's 2992: </a> Apparently a primary word; a people. and [I will call her] καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. [My] beloved ἠγαπημένην (ēgapēmenēn) Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_25.htm">Strong's 25: </a> To love, wish well to, take pleasure in, long for; denotes the love of reason, esteem. Perhaps from agan; to love. who [is] τὴν (tēn) Article - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. not οὐκ (ouk) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_3756.htm">Strong's 3756: </a> No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not. [My] beloved,” ἠγαπημένην (ēgapēmenēn) Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_25.htm">Strong's 25: </a> To love, wish well to, take pleasure in, long for; denotes the love of reason, esteem. 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