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Witness of the Prophets. 25 As indeed he says in Hosea:

“Those who were not my people I will call ‘my people,’
    and her who was not beloved[a] I will call ‘beloved.’(A)
26 And in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’
    there they shall be called children of the living God.”(B)

27 (C)And Isaiah cries out concerning Israel, “Though the number of the Israelites were like the sand of the sea, only a remnant will be saved;

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Footnotes

  1. 9:25 Beloved: in Semitic discourse means “preferred” or “favorite” (cf. Rom 9:13). See Hos 2:1.