“Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?”
As he says in Hosea: 'I will call them "my people" who are not my people; and I will call her "my loved one" who is not my loved one.' — The citation of Hosea 2:23 applies Israel's restoration oracle to a new people: those formerly not (οὐ) God's people become his people; those not beloved become loved ones (ἀγαπητή, agapētē). The Gentiles, once excluded, are engrafted into covenant mercy.
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