We have become like those over whom you have never ruled, like those who are not called by your name.
remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
They are Israelites, and to them belong the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the worship, and the promises.
that the remnant of mankind may seek the Lord, and all the Gentiles who are called by my name, says the Lord, who makes these things
In past generations he allowed all the nations to walk in their own ways.
that they may possess the remnant of Edom and all the nations who are called by my name,” declares the Lord who does this.
I was ready to be sought by those who did not ask for me; I was ready to be found by those who did not seek me. I said, “Here I am, here I am,” to a nation that was not called by my name.
For the Lord has chosen Jacob for himself, Israel as his own possession.
Pour out your anger on the nations that do not know you, and on the kingdoms that do not call upon your name!
Pour out your wrath on the nations that know you not, and on the peoples that call not on your name, for they have devoured Jacob; they have devoured him and consumed him, and have laid waste his habitation.
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