^1:10⁴²However,⁴³ in the future the number of the people⁴⁴ of Israel will be like the sand of the sea which can be neither measured nor numbered. Although⁴⁵ it was said to them, “You are not my people,” it will be said to them, “You are⁴⁶ children⁴⁷ of the living God!” ^1:11Then the people⁴⁸ of Judah and the people of Israel will be gathered together. They will appoint for themselves one leader,⁴⁹ and will flourish in the land.⁵⁰ Certainly,⁵¹ the day of Jezreel will be great!

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Footnotes

42 Beginning with 1:10, the verse numbers through 2:23 in the English Bible differ by two from the verse numbers in the Hebrew text (), with 1:10 = 2:1 , 1:11 = 2:2 , 2:1 = 2:3 , etc., through 2:23 = 2:25 . Beginning with 3:1 the verse numbers in the English Bible and the Hebrew Bible are again the same.
43 The vav prefixed to וְהָיָה (véhaya) functions in an adversative sense: “however” (see R. J. Williams, Hebrew Syntax, 71, §432).
44 Heb “sons” (so ); , “the children”; , “the Israelites.”
45 Heb “in the place” (בִּמְקוֹם, bimqom). 880 מָקוֹם 7.b suggests that בִּמְקוֹם (preposition בְּ, bet, + noun מָקוֹם, maqom) is an idiom carrying a concessive sense: “instead of” (e.g., Isa 33:21; Hos 2:1). However, suggests that it functions in a locative sense: “in the same place” ( מָקוֹם 2b; e.g., 1 Kgs 21:19; Isa 33:21; Hos 2:1).
46 The predicate nominative, “You are …,” is supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
47 Heb “sons” (so , , ).
48 Heb “sons” (twice in this verse, so ); , “children”; , , “people.”
49 Heb “head” (so , , ).
50 Alternatively, “gain possession of the land” (cf. ) or “rise up from the land” (cf. ). This clause may be understood in two ways: (1) Israel will gain ascendancy over the land or conquer the land (e.g., Exod 1:10; cf. “come up from other lands”) or (2) Israel will be “planted” in the land (Hos 2:24–25; cf. “will … plant his people”).
51 Or “For” (so ); “because”; “Yes.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or numbered. And in the place where it was said to them, “You are not my people,” it shall be said to them, “Children of the living God.” And the children of Judah and the children of Israel shall be gathered together, and they shall appoint for themselves one head. And they shall go up from the land, for great shall be the day of Jezreel.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“Yet the Israelites will be like the sand on the seashore, which cannot be measured or counted. In the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ they will be called ‘children of the living God.’ The people of Judah and the people of Israel will come together; they will appoint one leader and will come up out of the land, for great will be the day of Jezreel.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Yet the number of the Israelites

will be like the sand of the sea,

which cannot be measured or counted.

And in the place where they were told:

You are not my people,

they will be called: Sons of the living God.

And the Judeans and the Israelites

will be gathered together.

They will appoint for themselves a single ruler

and go up from the land.

For the day of Jezreel will be great.

NLTNew Living Translation

“Yet the time will come when Israel’s people will be like the sands of the seashore—too many to count! Then, at the place where they were told, ‘You are not my people,’ it will be said, ‘You are children of the living God.’ Then the people of Judah and Israel will unite together. They will choose one leader for themselves, and they will return from exile together. What a day that will be—the day of Jezreel—when God will again plant his people in his land.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

The number of the children of Israel

will be like the sand of the sea

that cannot be measured or counted;

and in the place where it is said to them,

“You are not my people,”

it will be said to them,

“Children of the living God.”

Then the children of Judah

and Israel will be gathered together,

and they will appoint for themselves

one head;

and they will take possession of the land,

for great is the day of Jezreel.

KJV 1900King James Version

Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God. Then shall the children of Judah and the children of Israel be gathered together, and appoint themselves one head, and they shall come up out of the land: for great shall be the day of Jezreel.

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