Lexicon :: Strong's G2992 - laos

“when he said,

Go to these people and say:

You will always be listening,

but never understanding;

and you will always be looking,

but never perceiving.

As it[fn] also says in Hosea,

I will call Not My People, My People,

and she who is Unloved, Beloved.

But to Israel he says, All day long I have held out my hands to a disobedient and defiant people.

I ask, then, has God rejected his people? Absolutely not! For I too am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.

Again it says, Rejoice, you Gentiles, with his people!

Don’t become idolaters as some of them were; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and got up to party.[fn]

It is written in the law,

I will speak to this people

by people of other tongues

and by the lips of foreigners,

and even then, they will not listen to me,

says the Lord.

And what agreement does the temple of God have with idols? For we[fn] are the temple of the living God, as God said:

I will dwell

and walk among them,

and I will be their God,

and they will be my people.

He gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to cleanse for himself a people for his own possession, eager to do good works.

Therefore, he had to be like his brothers and sisters in every way, so that he could become a merciful and faithful high priest in matters[fn] pertaining to God, to make atonement[fn] for the sins of the people.

Therefore, a Sabbath rest remains for God’s people.

Because of this, he must make an offering for his own sins as well as for the people.

The sons of Levi who receive the priestly office have a command according to the law to collect a tenth from the people ​— ​that is, from their brothers and sisters ​— ​though they have also descended from Abraham.

For this is the covenant

that I will make with the house of Israel

after those days, says the Lord:

I will put my laws into their minds

and write them on their hearts.

I will be their God,

and they will be my people.

But the high priest alone enters the second room, and he does that only once a year, and never without blood, which he offers for himself and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance.

For we know the one who has said,

Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay,[fn]

and again,

The Lord will judge his people.

and chose to suffer with the people of God rather than to enjoy the fleeting pleasure of sin.

Therefore, Jesus also suffered outside the gate, so that he might sanctify[fn] the people by his own blood.

But you are a chosen race,[fn] a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his possession, so that you may proclaim the praises[fn] of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

There were indeed false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, and will bring swift destruction on themselves.

Now I want to remind you, although you came to know all these things once and for all, that Jesus[fn] saved a people out of Egypt and later destroyed those who did not believe;

And they sang a new song:

You are worthy to take the scroll

and to open its seals,

because you were slaughtered,

and you purchased[fn] people[fn]

for God by your blood

from every tribe and language

and people and nation.

After this I looked, and there was a vast multitude from every nation, tribe, people, and language, which no one could number, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were clothed in white robes with palm branches in their hands.

And they said to me, “You must prophesy again about[fn] many peoples, nations, languages, and kings.”

And some of[fn] the peoples, tribes, languages, and nations will view their bodies for three and a half days and not permit their bodies to be put into a tomb.

And it was permitted to wage war against the saints and to conquer them. It was also given authority over every tribe, people, language, and nation.

Then I saw another angel flying high overhead, with the eternal gospel to announce to the inhabitants of the earth ​— ​to every nation, tribe, language, and people.

He also said to me, “The waters you saw, where the prostitute was seated, are peoples, multitudes, nations, and languages.

Then I heard another voice from heaven:

Come out of her, my people,

so that you will not share in her sins

or receive any of her plagues.

Then I heard a loud voice from the throne:[fn] Look, God’s dwelling[fn] is with humanity, and he will live with them. They will be his peoples,[fn] and God himself will be with them and will be their God.[fn]