TSK · Hosea 2:1

And now, if you will diligently listen to me and keep my covenant, then you will be my special possession out of all the nations, for all the earth is mine,

They will be my people, and I will be their God.

so that they may follow my statutes and observe my regulations and carry them out. Then they will be my people, and I will be their God.

Then you will live in the land I gave to your fathers; you will be my people, and I will be your God.

Then the LORD said:“Name him‘Not My People’(Lo-Ammi), because you are not my people and I am not your God.”

Then I will bring the remaining third into the fire; I will refine them like silver is refined and will test them like gold is tested. They will call on my name and I will answer; I will say,‘These are my people,’ and they will say,‘The LORD is my God.’”

Paul’s Perseverance in Ministry Therefore, since we have this ministry, just as God has shown us mercy, we do not become discouraged.

You once were not a people, but now you are God’s people. You were shown no mercy, but now you have received mercy.