For He said, “They are surely My people, sons who will not be disloyal.” So He became their Savior.
Parallel translations
- WEB For he said, “Surely, they are my people, children who will not deal falsely;” so he became their Savior.
- KJV For he said, Surely they are my people, children that will not lie: so he was their Saviour.
- NKJV For He said, “Surely they are My people, Children who will not lie.” So He became their Savior.
- NASB For He said, “Certainly they are My people, Sons who will not deal falsely.” So He became their Savior.
- NLT He said, “They are my very own people. Surely they will not betray me again.” And he became their Savior.
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Quick answer
God called Israel His people and children and became their Savior. It matters because God graciously claimed an undeserving people as His own.
Overview
God's expectation that they 'will not deal falsely' expresses His covenant hope for His children, even though the following verses recall their failure. His becoming 'their Savior' shows that the relationship rests on His initiative and grace. This anticipates the gospel, where God adopts believers as children and saves them in Christ despite their unworthiness (John 1:12; Titus 3:4-5).
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- Gen 17:7I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.
- Exod 6:7I will take you as My own people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians.
- Isa 12:2Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. For the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and He also has become my salvation.”
- Rom 11:28Regarding the gospel, they are enemies on your account; but regarding election, they are loved on account of the patriarchs.
- Isa 43:11I, yes I, am the LORD, and there is no Savior but Me.
- John 1:47When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, He said of him, “Here is a true Israelite, in whom there is no deceit.”
- Ps 106:21They forgot God their Savior, who did great things in Egypt,
- 1 Jn 4:14And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent His Son to be the Savior of the world.
- Isa 51:4Pay attention to Me, My people, and listen to Me, My nation; for a law will go out from Me, and My justice will become a light to the nations; I will bring it about quickly.
- Isa 41:8“But you, O Israel, My servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, descendant of Abraham My friend—
- Isa 57:11Whom have you dreaded and feared, so that you lied and failed to remember Me or take this to heart? Is it not because I have long been silent that you do not fear Me?
- Deut 33:29Blessed are you, O Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the LORD? He is the shield that protects you, the sword in which you boast. Your enemies will cower before you, and you shall trample their high places.”
- Jude 1:25to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority through Jesus Christ our Lord before all time, and now, and for all eternity. Amen.
- Eph 4:25Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one another.
- Rom 11:1–2I ask then, did God reject His people? Certainly not! I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.
- Jer 14:8O Hope of Israel, its Savior in times of distress, why are You like a stranger in the land, like a traveler who stays but a night?
- Exod 24:7Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it to the people, who replied, “All that the LORD has spoken we will do, and we will be obedient.”
- Isa 43:3For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I give Egypt for your ransom, Cush and Seba in your place.
- Exod 4:22–23Then tell Pharaoh that this is what the LORD says: ‘Israel is My firstborn son,
- Ps 78:36–37But they deceived Him with their mouths, and lied to Him with their tongues.
- Col 3:9Do not lie to one another, since you have taken off the old self with its practices,
- Hos 13:4Yet I am the LORD your God ever since the land of Egypt; you know no God but Me, for there is no Savior besides Me.
- Exod 19:5–6Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine.
- Exod 3:7The LORD said, “I have indeed seen the affliction of My people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their oppressors, and I am aware of their sufferings.
- Zeph 3:7I said, ‘Surely you will fear Me and accept correction.’ Then her dwelling place would not be cut off despite all for which I punished her. But they rose early to corrupt all their deeds.
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