Cross-references Explore similar Bible verses on Romans 9:25 in English Standard Version "As indeed he says in Hosea, “Those who were not my people I will call ‘my people,’ and her who was not beloved I will call ‘beloved.’”" Ho 2:23 and I will sow her for myself in the land. And I will have mercy on No Mercy, and I will say to Not My People, ‘You are my people’; and he shall say, ‘You are my God.’” 1Pe 2:10 Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.