“As he saith also in Osee, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved.”
'It is just as he said elsewhere: "Those who were not my people I will call "my people"; and the one who is not loved I will call "my loved one."' — The reiteration of the Hosea citation emphasizes the reversal: the Gentiles—historically outside the covenant—are now claimed as God's own. Election's boundary is redrawn.
Church Fathers on Romans 9:25
“I will call them My people, which were not My people; and her beloved, which was not beloved.” Here to prevent their saying, that you are deceiving us here with specious reasoning, he calls Hosea to witness, who cries and says, “I will call them My people, who were not My people.” Hosea 2:23 Who then are the not-people? Plainly, the Gentiles. And who the not-beloved? The same again. However, he says, that they shall become at once people, and beloved, and sons of God.
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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