10 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.’
Focused Passage
Hosea 1:10
Hosea's Household as a Sign of Judgment and Mercy
The chapter moves from prophetic dating, to a shocking marriage sign-act, to three covenantal child-names of judgment, and finally to a restoration promise in which the rejected people are regathered and renamed as sons of the living God.
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Verse 10
Cross-references
2 Corinthians 6:18 Classic cross-references Galatians 4:6 Classic cross-references Hebrews 8:10 Classic cross-references John 1:12 Classic cross-references Romans 9:25 Classic cross-references 1 Peter 2:10 OliveGrove study links John 11:52 OliveGrove study links Romans 9:25-26 OliveGrove study links
Original words
Yet the number מִסְפַּ֤ר H4557 Noun - masculine singular construct vvv בְּנֵֽי־ H1121 Noun - masculine plural construct of the Israelites יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ H3478 Noun - proper - masculine singular will be וְֽ֠הָיָה H1961 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular like the sand כְּח֣וֹל H2344 Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct of the sea הַיָּ֔ם H3220 Article | Noun - masculine singular which אֲשֶׁ֥ר H834 Pronoun - relative cannot לֹֽא־ H3808 Adverb - Negative particle be measured יִמַּ֖ד H4058 Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular [or] וְלֹ֣א H3808 Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle counted יִסָּפֵ֑ר H5608 Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular And it will happen that וְֽ֠הָיָה H1961 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular in the [very] place בִּמְק֞וֹם H4725 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct where אֲשֶׁר־ H834 Pronoun - relative it was said יֵאָמֵ֤ר H559 Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular to them לָהֶם֙ Preposition-l | Pronoun - third person masculine plural You אַתֶּ֔ם H859 Pronoun - second person masculine plural [are] not לֹֽא־ H3808 Adverb - Negative particle My people עַמִּ֣י H5971 Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular they will be called יֵאָמֵ֥ר H559 Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular . . . לָהֶ֖ם Preposition-l | Pronoun - third person masculine plural sons בְּנֵ֥י H1121 Noun - masculine plural construct of the living חָֽי׃ H2416 Adjective - masculine singular God אֵֽל־ H410 Noun - masculine singular
BSB notes
- Cited in Romans 9:26