10Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
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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.
Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
Then said God, Call his name Loammi: for ye are not my people, and I will not be your God. …
As he saith also in Osee, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved. …
But I say, Did not Israel know? First Moses saith, I will provoke you to jealousy by them that are no people, and by a foolish nation I will anger you.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 4-12)I. The apostle here gives us a description of Jesus Christ as a living stone; and though to a capricious wit, or an infidel, this description may seem rough and harsh, yet to the Jews, who placed much of their religion in their magnificent temple, and who understood the prophetical style, which calls the Messiah a stone ( Isa. 8:14 ; 28:16 ), it would appear very elegant and proper. 1. In this met…
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