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In the place where it was said to them, &#8216You are not my people,&#8217 they will be called &#8216children of the living God.&#8217 <a href="/nlt/hosea/1.htm">New Living Translation</a> “Yet the time will come when Israel’s 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.’ <a href="/esv/hosea/1.htm">English Standard Version</a> Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or numbered. And in the place where it was said to them, “You are not my people,” it shall be said to them, “Children of the living God.” <a href="/bsb/hosea/1.htm">Berean Standard Bible</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="/kjv/hosea/1.htm">King James Bible</a> 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 not my people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God. <a href="/nkjv/hosea/1.htm">New King James Version</a> “Yet the number of the children of Israel Shall be as the sand of the sea, Which cannot be measured or numbered. And it shall come to pass In the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ There it shall be said to them, ‘You are sons of the living God.’ <a href="/nasb_/hosea/1.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Yet the number of the sons of Israel Will be like the sand of the sea, Which cannot be measured or counted; And in the place Where it is said to them, “You are not My people,” It will be said to them, “You are the sons of the living God.” <a href="/nasb/hosea/1.htm">NASB 1995</a> Yet the number of the sons of Israel Will be like the sand of the sea, Which cannot be measured or numbered; And in the place Where it is said to them, &#8220You are not My people,&#8221 It will be said to them, &#8220You are the sons of the living God.&#8221 <a href="/nasb77/hosea/1.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Yet the number of the sons of Israel Will be like the sand of the sea, Which cannot be measured or numbered; And it will come about that, in the place Where it is said to them, “You are not My people,” It will be said to them, “You are the sons of the living God.” <a href="/lsb/hosea/1.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Yet the number of the sons of Israel Will be like the sand of the sea, Which cannot be measured or numbered; And it will be that in the place Where it is said to them, “You are not My people,” It will be said to them, “You are the sons of the living God.” <a href="/amp/hosea/1.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Yet the number of the sons of Israel Shall be like the sand of the sea, Which cannot be measured or numbered; And in the place Where it is said to them, “You are not My people,” It will be said to them, “You are the sons of the living God.” <a href="/csb/hosea/1.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Yet the number of the Israelites will be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or counted. And in the place where they were told: You are not my people, they will be called: Sons of the living God. <a href="/hcsb/hosea/1.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Yet the number of the Israelites will be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or counted. And in the place where they were told: You are not My people, they will be called: Sons of the living God. <a href="/asv/hosea/1.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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 not my people, it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God. <a href="/cev/hosea/1.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Someday it will be impossible to count the people of Israel, because there will be as many of them as there are grains of sand along the seashore. They are now called "Not My People," but in the future they will be called "Children of the Living God." <a href="/erv/hosea/1.htm">English Revised Version</a> 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 not my people, it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God. <a href="/gwt/hosea/1.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> "Yet, the Israelites will become as numerous as the grains of sand on the seashore. No one will be able to measure them or count them. Wherever they were told, 'You are not my people,' they will be told, 'You are the children of the living God.' <a href="/gnt/hosea/1.htm">Good News Translation</a> The people of Israel will become like the sand of the sea, more than can be counted or measured. Now God says to them, "You are not my people," but the day is coming when he will say to them, "You are the children of the living God!" <a href="/isv/hosea/1.htm">International Standard Version</a> Despite this, the number of the people of Israel will be like ocean sand, which can neither be measured nor counted. And the time will come when instead of it being said, 'You are not my people,' it will be said, 'You are children of the living God.' <a href="/msb/hosea/1.htm">Majority Standard Bible</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="/net/hosea/1.htm">NET Bible</a> However, in the future the number of the people of Israel will be like the sand of the sea which can be neither measured nor numbered. Although it was said to them, "You are not my people," it will be said to them, "You are children of the living God!" <a href="/nheb/hosea/1.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Yet the number of the children of Israel will be as the sand of the sea, which can't be measured nor numbered; and it will come to pass that, in the place where it was said to them, You are Not My People, they will be called Children of the Living God. <a href="/wbt/hosea/1.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> 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 to them, Ye are not my people, there it shall be said to them, Ye are the sons of the living God. <a href="/web/hosea/1.htm">World English Bible</a> Yet the number of the children of Israel will be as the sand of the sea, which can’t be measured or counted; and it will come to pass that, in the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’ <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/hosea/1.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> and the number of the sons of Israel has been as the sand of the sea that is not measured nor numbered, and it has come to pass in the place where it is said to them, You [are] not My people, it is said to them, Sons of the Living God; <a href="/ylt/hosea/1.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> and the number of the sons of Israel hath been as the sand of the sea, that is not measured nor numbered, and it hath come to pass in the place where it is said to them, Ye are not My people, it is said to them, Sons of the Living God; <a href="/slt/hosea/1.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And the number of the sons of Israel was as the sand of the sea which shall not be measured and shall not be numbered: and it was in the place which it shall be said to them, Ye are not my people, and it shall be said to them, Ye the sons of the living God.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/hosea/1.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, that is without measure, and shall not be numbered. And it shall be in the place where it shall be said to them: You are not my people: it shall be said to them: Ye are the sons of the living God. <a href="/cpdv/hosea/1.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And the number of the sons of Israel will be like the sand of the sea, which is without measure and cannot be numbered. And in the place where it will be said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ this will happen: it will be said to them, ‘You are the sons of the living God.’ <a href="/nabre/hosea/1.htm">New American Bible</a> The number of the Israelites will be like the sand of the sea, which can be neither measured nor counted. Instead of being told, “You are Not-My-People,” They will be called, “Children of the living God.” <a href="/nrsvce/hosea/1.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Yet the number of the people of Israel shall be like the sand of the sea, which can be neither measured nor numbered; and in the place where it was said to them, “You are not my people,” it shall be said to them, “Children of the living God.”<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/hosea/1.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> 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 to them, You are not my people; there it shall be said to them, You are the sons of the living God. <a href="/hpbt/hosea/1.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And if the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea that is not measured neither is numbered, also it will be in the place that was spoken to them: ‘you are not my people’, there they shall be called the children of The Living God<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/hosea/1.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> 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, instead of that which was said unto them: 'Ye are not My people', it shall be said unto them: 'Ye are the children of the living God.' <a href="/sep/hosea/1.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> Yet the number of the children of Israel was as the sand of the sea, which shall not be measured nor numbered: and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said to them, Ye are not my people, even they shall be called the sons of the living God. <a href="/parallel/hosea/1-10.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xpPG1oLnpGk?start=104" 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/hosea/1.htm">Hosea's Wife and Children</a> …9And the LORD said, “Name him Lo-ammi, for you are not My people, and I am not your God. 10<a href="/hebrew/4557.htm" title="4557: mis·par (N-msc) -- Number, tally. From caphar; a number, definite or indefinite; also narration.">Yet the number</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: bə·nê- (N-mpc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.)."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">of the Israelites</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: wə·hā·yāh (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">will be</a> <a href="/hebrew/2344.htm" title="2344: kə·ḥō·wl (Prep-k:: N-msc) -- Sand. From chuwl; sand.">like the sand</a> <a href="/hebrew/3220.htm" title="3220: hay·yām (Art:: N-ms) -- A sea or large body of water; specifically, the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river.">of the sea,</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">which</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō- (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">cannot</a> <a href="/hebrew/4058.htm" title="4058: yim·maḏ (V-Nifal-Imperf-3ms) -- To measure. A primitive root: properly, to stretch; by implication, to measure; figuratively, to be extended.">be measured</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">or</a> <a href="/hebrew/5608.htm" title="5608: yis·sā·p̄êr (V-Nifal-Imperf-3ms) -- To count, recount, relate. ">counted.</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: wə·hā·yāh (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">And it will happen that</a> <a href="/hebrew/4725.htm" title="4725: bim·qō·wm (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- Or maqom; also mqowmah; or mqomah; from quwm; properly, a standing, i.e. A spot; but used widely of a locality; also of a condition.">in the very place</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer- (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">where</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: yê·’ā·mêr (V-Nifal-Imperf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">it was said</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·hem (Prep-l:: Pro-3mp) -- ">to them,</a> <a href="/hebrew/859.htm" title="859: ’at·tem (Pro-2mp) -- You (masc. sing.). ">‘You</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō- (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">are not</a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: ‘am·mî (N-msc:: 1cs) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">My people,’</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: yê·’ā·mêr (V-Nifal-Imperf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">they will be called</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·hem (Prep-l:: Pro-3mp) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: bə·nê (N-mpc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">‘sons</a> <a href="/hebrew/2416.htm" title="2416: ḥāy (Adj-ms) -- Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life. From chayah; alive; hence, raw; fresh, strong; also life, whether literally or figuratively.">of the living</a> <a href="/hebrew/410.htm" title="410: ’êl- (N-ms) -- God, in pl. gods. Shortened from 'ayil; strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty.">God.’</a> 11Then the people of Judah and of Israel will be gathered together, and they will appoint for themselves one leader, and will go up out of the land. For great will be the day of Jezreel.…<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="/romans/9-25.htm">Romans 9:25-26</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,” / 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="/genesis/22-17.htm">Genesis 22:17</a> I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies. <a href="/genesis/32-12.htm">Genesis 32:12</a> But You have said, ‘I will surely make you prosper, and I will make your offspring like the sand of the sea, too numerous to count.’” <a href="/isaiah/10-22.htm">Isaiah 10:22</a> Though your people, O Israel, be like the sand of the sea, only a remnant will return. Destruction has been decreed, overflowing with righteousness. <a href="/isaiah/54-1.htm">Isaiah 54:1</a> “Shout for joy, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth in song and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband,” says the LORD. <a href="/isaiah/62-2.htm">Isaiah 62:2</a> Nations will see your righteousness, and all kings your glory. You will be called by a new name that the mouth of the LORD will bestow. <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="/jeremiah/33-22.htm">Jeremiah 33:22</a> As the hosts of heaven cannot be counted and as the sand on the seashore cannot be measured, so too will I multiply the descendants of My servant David and the Levites who minister before Me.” <a href="/ezekiel/36-10.htm">Ezekiel 36:10-11</a> I will multiply the people upon you—the house of Israel in its entirety. The cities will be inhabited and the ruins rebuilt. / I will fill you with people and animals, and they will multiply and be fruitful. I will make you as inhabited as you once were, and I will make you prosper more than before. Then you will know that I am the LORD. <a href="/ezekiel/36-37.htm">Ezekiel 36:37-38</a> This is what the Lord GOD says: Once again I will hear the plea of the house of Israel and do for them this: I will multiply their people like a flock. / Like the numerous flocks for sacrifices at Jerusalem during her appointed feasts, so the ruined cities will be filled with flocks of people. Then they will know that I am the LORD.” <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="/joel/2-28.htm">Joel 2:28-29</a> And afterward, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions. / Even on My menservants and maidservants, I will pour out My Spirit in those days. <a href="/zechariah/8-13.htm">Zechariah 8:13</a> As you have been a curse among the nations, O house of Judah and house of Israel, so I will save you, and you will be a blessing. Do not be afraid; let your hands be strong.” <a href="/zechariah/10-10.htm">Zechariah 10:10</a> I will bring them back from Egypt and gather them from Assyria. I will bring them to Gilead and Lebanon until no more room is found for them.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>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 to them, You are not my people, there it shall be said to them, You are the sons of the living God.the number.<a href="/genesis/13-16.htm">Genesis 13:16</a> And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.<a href="/genesis/32-12.htm">Genesis 32:12</a> And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.<a href="/isaiah/48-19.htm">Isaiah 48:19</a> Thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof; his name should not have been cut off nor destroyed from before me.and it.<a href="/romans/9-25.htm">Romans 9:25,26</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… in the.<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="/isaiah/43-6.htm">Isaiah 43:6</a> I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth;<a href="/isaiah/49-17.htm">Isaiah 49:17-22</a> Thy children shall make haste; thy destroyers and they that made thee waste shall go forth of thee… Ye are the sons.<a href="/john/1-12.htm">John 1:12</a> But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:<a href="/romans/8-14.htm">Romans 8:14-17</a> For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God… <a href="/romans/9-26.htm">Romans 9:26</a> 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.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/hosea/1-2.htm">Children</a> <a href="/jeremiah/33-22.htm">Counted</a> <a href="/daniel/11-38.htm">Instead</a> <a href="/hosea/1-6.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/ezekiel/48-11.htm">Israelites</a> <a href="/ezekiel/48-15.htm">Measured</a> <a href="/daniel/5-26.htm">Numbered</a> <a href="/jeremiah/33-22.htm">Sand</a> <a href="/daniel/11-45.htm">Sea</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/hosea/1-11.htm">Children</a> <a href="/hosea/8-12.htm">Counted</a> <a href="/amos/5-20.htm">Instead</a> <a href="/hosea/1-11.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/hosea/3-4.htm">Israelites</a> <a href="/habakkuk/3-6.htm">Measured</a> <a href="/matthew/10-30.htm">Numbered</a> <a href="/habakkuk/1-9.htm">Sand</a> <a href="/hosea/4-3.htm">Sea</a><div class="vheading2">Hosea 1</div>1. <a href="/hosea/1-1.htm">Hosea, to show God's judgment for spiritual unfaithfulness, takes Gomer,</a> 4. <a href="/hosea/1-4.htm">and has by her Jezreel;</a> 6. <a href="/hosea/1-6.htm">Loruhamah;</a> 8. <a href="/hosea/1-8.htm">and Lo-Ammi.</a> 10. <a href="/hosea/1-10.htm">The restoration of Judah and Israel under one head.</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> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading"><a href="/study/hosea/1.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></div>Yet the number of the Israelites This phrase begins with a promise of restoration and hope. The Hebrew word for "Israelites" is "Yisra'el," which means "God prevails." Historically, the Israelites were the descendants of Jacob, who was renamed Israel after wrestling with God. This phrase signifies the continuation and growth of God's chosen people, despite their current state of judgment and exile. It reflects God's covenantal faithfulness to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, promising that their descendants would be numerous.will be like the sand of the sea The imagery of "sand of the sea" is a direct reference to the Abrahamic covenant found in <a href="/genesis/22-17.htm">Genesis 22:17</a>, where God promises Abraham that his descendants will be as numerous as the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. This metaphor emphasizes the vastness and immeasurable nature of God's blessing. It serves as a reminder of God's unchanging promises and His ability to bring about His purposes despite human unfaithfulness.which cannot be measured or counted This phrase underscores the infinite nature of God's promise. The inability to measure or count the Israelites signifies the boundless grace and mercy of God. It reflects the divine assurance that God's plans for His people transcend human limitations and understanding. Historically, this would have been a powerful message of hope to a nation facing judgment and dispersion.And in the place where it was said to them, 'You are not My people,' This part of the verse refers to the judgment pronounced earlier in Hosea, where God declares that Israel is "Lo-Ammi," meaning "not My people" (<a href="/hosea/1-9.htm">Hosea 1:9</a>). The phrase "in the place" suggests a reversal of fortune and status. It highlights the transformative power of God's grace, where a place of rejection becomes a place of acceptance. This reflects the theme of redemption and reconciliation that runs throughout the Bible.they will be called 'sons of the living God.' The term "sons of the living God" signifies a restored relationship and identity. The Hebrew word for "sons" is "ben," which implies a familial relationship, indicating intimacy and belonging. The "living God" contrasts with the lifeless idols that Israel had turned to, emphasizing the vitality and sovereignty of the true God. This phrase points to the New Testament fulfillment in Christ, where believers are adopted as children of God (<a href="/john/1-12.htm">John 1:12</a>, <a href="/romans/8-14.htm">Romans 8:14-17</a>). It is a powerful declaration of God's redemptive plan, offering hope and assurance of His everlasting love and faithfulness.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/hosea/1.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(10) An abrupt transition from dark presage to bright anticipation. The covenant-blessings promised to Abraham shall yet be realised.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/hosea/1.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 10. - Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea which cannot be measured nor numbered. The division of the verses at this place is faulty both in our common Hebrew Bibles and in the Authorized Version. The former connects vers. 10 and 11 with the second chapter, and the latter closes the first chapter with these verses, and thus detaches them from the first verse of the second chapter. The correct arrangement combines vers. 10 and 11 of <a href="/hosea/1.htm">Hosea 1</a>. with ver. 1 of <a href="/hosea/2.htm">Hosea 2</a>, and concludes the first chapter with these three verses which are so closely joined together in sense. Here is the usual cycle of events - human sinfulness, deserved punishment, and Divine mercy. Had the last element been wanting, the promise of a countless posterity made to Abraham, renewed to Isaac, and confirmed to Jacob, might appear abolished. Yet, notwithstanding the rejection of Israel, the Word of God remaineth sure. But who are the children of Israel, whose multitude, like sea-saint, defies numeration and measurement? The whole posterity of Jacob or Israel might seem included, as the words of the promise made to that patriarch and those of the present prediction so closely correspond; and Israel is occasionally taken in this wide and general sense. The context is opposed to this; especially does the distinction so sharply marked in the succeeding verse militate against this. And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God. The place where this great change takes place is either the place where their rejection was foretold, or that where its fulfillment became an accomplished fact. The former was, as is obvious, Palestine; the latter, the place of their exile, and so the lands of their dispersion. Thus the Chaldee, adopting the latter, renders freely as follows: "And it shall come to pass in the place where they lived in exile among the peoples, when they transgressed my Law and it was said to them, Ye are not my people, they will turn and be magnified, and called the people of God." Once this change takes place, their true mission shall be attained and their relations to the living God shall be readjusted. The dumb, dead idols, to which they had bowed down in the days of their apostasy and unbelief shall be cast aside and away for ever. Jehovah the Living One alone shall be the object of their adoration in that day. <a href="/commentaries/hosea/1-10.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Yet the number מִסְפַּ֤ר (mis·par) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4557.htm">Strong's 4557: </a> A number, definite, indefinite, narration of the Israelites בְּנֵֽי־ (bə·nê-) Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> A son will be וְֽ֠הָיָה (wə·hā·yāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> To fall out, come to pass, become, be like the sand כְּח֣וֹל (kə·ḥō·wl) Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2344.htm">Strong's 2344: </a> Sand of the sea, הַיָּ֔ם (hay·yām) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3220.htm">Strong's 3220: </a> A sea, the Mediterranean Sea, large river, an artifical basin which אֲשֶׁ֥ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that cannot לֹֽא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no be measured יִמַּ֖ד (yim·maḏ) Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4058.htm">Strong's 4058: </a> To stretch, to measure, to be extended [or] וְלֹ֣א (wə·lō) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no numbered. יִסָּפֵ֑ר (yis·sā·p̄êr) Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5608.htm">Strong's 5608: </a> To count, recount, relate And וְֽ֠הָיָה (wə·hā·yāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> To fall out, come to pass, become, be in the place בִּמְק֞וֹם (bim·qō·wm) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4725.htm">Strong's 4725: </a> A standing, a spot, a condition where אֲשֶׁר־ (’ă·šer-) Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that it was said יֵאָמֵ֤ר (yê·’ā·mêr) Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> To utter, say to them, לָהֶם֙ (lā·hem) Preposition-l | Pronoun - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1992.htm">Strong's 1992: </a> They ‘You אַתֶּ֔ם (’at·tem) Pronoun - second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_859.htm">Strong's 859: </a> Thou and thee, ye and you [are] not לֹֽא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no My people,’ עַמִּ֣י (‘am·mî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock they will be called יֵאָמֵ֥ר (yê·’ā·mêr) Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> To utter, say ‘sons בְּנֵ֥י (bə·nê) Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> A son of the living חָֽי׃ (ḥāy) Adjective - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2416.htm">Strong's 2416: </a> Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life God.’ אֵֽל־ (’êl-) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_410.htm">Strong's 410: </a> Strength -- as adjective, mighty, the Almighty <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/hosea/1-10.htm">Hosea 1:10 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/hosea/1-10.htm">Hosea 1:10 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/hosea/1-10.htm">Hosea 1:10 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/hosea/1-10.htm">Hosea 1:10 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/hosea/1-10.htm">Hosea 1:10 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/hosea/1-10.htm">Hosea 1:10 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/hosea/1-10.htm">Hosea 1:10 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/hosea/1-10.htm">Hosea 1:10 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/hosea/1-10.htm">Hosea 1:10 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/hosea/1-10.htm">Hosea 1:10 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/hosea/1-10.htm">OT Prophets: Hosea 1:10 Yet the number of the children (Ho Hs Hos.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/hosea/1-9.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Hosea 1:9"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Hosea 1:9" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/hosea/1-11.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Hosea 1:11"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Hosea 1:11" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>