Romans 9:25

As he saith also in Osee, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved.

As he saith also in Osee ('Hosea') - observe here again our apostle's way of viewing the Old Testament Scriptures:

I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved ('I will call the no-people, my people, and her that was not beloved, beloved'): This is quoted (though not quite to the letter) from , a passage relating immediately, not to the pagan, but to the kingdom of the ten tribes; but since they had sunk to the level of the pagan, who were 'not God's people,' and in that sense "not beloved," the apostle legitimately applies it to the pagan, as "aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise." (So .)