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Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said to them, You are not my people, there it shall be said to them, You are the sons of the living God.
Reference
Greek: ἀκμήν (akmḗn)
adverbially, just now, i.e. still
Hebrew: ʻăden
till now
Greek: ὁ (ho)
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
Hebrew: ʼillêyn
these
Greek: ἀριθμός (arithmós)
a number (as reckoned up)
Hebrew: mikçâh
an enumeration; by implication, a valuation
Greek: ὁ (ho)
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
Hebrew: ʼillêyn
these
Hebrew: Yisrᵉʼêlîy
a Jisreelite or descendant of Jisrael
Greek: ἤμην (ḗmēn)
I was
Hebrew: hâvâʼ
to be (in the sense of existence)
Greek: καθά (kathá)
according to which things, i.e. just as
Hebrew: tachath
the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc.
Greek: ὁ (ho)
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
Hebrew: ʼillêyn
these
Greek: ἄμμος (ámmos)
sand (as heaped on the beach)
Hebrew: chôwl
sand (as round or whirling particles)
Greek: ὁ (ho)
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
Hebrew: ʼillêyn
these
Greek: θάλασσα (thálassa)
the sea (genitive case or specially)
Hebrew: yâm
{a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the south}
Greek: ἤμην (ḗmēn)
I was
Hebrew: hâvâʼ
to be (in the sense of existence)
Greek: καίγε (kaíge)
and at least (or even, indeed)
Hebrew: kîy
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
Hebrew: hêm
they (only used when emphatic)
Greek: ἐνίστημι (enístēmi)
to place on hand, i.e. (reflexively) impend, (participle) be instant
Hebrew: mᵉṭâʼ
to arrive, extend or happen
Greek: παραλέγομαι (paralégomai)
(specially), to lay one's course near, i.e. sail past
Hebrew: chălaph
to pass on (of time)
Hebrew: zôw
this or that
Greek: ὁ (ho)
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
Hebrew: ʼillêyn
these
Greek: περιοχή (periochḗ)
a being held around, i.e. (concretely) a passage (of Scripture, as circumscribed)
Hebrew: ʻômed
a spot (as being fixed)
Greek: ποῦ (poû)
as adverb of place; at (by implication, to) what locality
Hebrew: ʼayêh
where?
Hebrew: hêm
they (only used when emphatic)
Greek: ἐστί (estí)
he (she or it) is; also (with neuter plural) they are
Greek: οὐδαμῶς (oudamōs)
by no means
Hebrew: ʼîyn
is it not?
Greek: δῆμος (dēmos)
the public (as bound together socially)
Hebrew: ʻam
{a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock}
Greek: ἐκεῖ (ekeî)
there; by extension, thither
Hebrew: hêm
they (only used when emphatic)
Greek: ἤμην (ḗmēn)
I was
Hebrew: hâvâʼ
to be (in the sense of existence)
Greek: ἐστί (estí)
he (she or it) is; also (with neuter plural) they are
Greek: ὁ (ho)
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
Hebrew: ʼillêyn
these
Greek: ὁ (ho)
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
Hebrew: ʼillêyn
these
Greek: κύριος (kýrios)
supreme in authority, i.e. (as noun) controller; by implication, Master (as a respectful title)
Hebrew: ʼĕlâhh
God
Parallel theme
2 Corinthians 6:18
Isaiah 43:6
Genesis 13:16
Genesis 22:17
Hebrews 11:12
Genesis 32:12
References God
John 1:12
Hosea 2:23
Hosea 1:9
References Israel
Isaiah 66:20
Verse Explanation
Despite the severe judgment announced in the previous verses, God promises that Israel's descendants will eventually become as numerous as the sand of the sea and that they will again be called children of the living God.
History
Future restoration: The promise looks beyond the immediate Assyrian judgment toward a future restoration of God's people.