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"I permitted Myself to be sought by
athose who did not ask
for Me; I permitted Myself to be found by those who did not seek Me. I said, 'Here am I, here am I,' To a nation which bdid not call on My name.
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Romans 9:24-26, Romans 10:20
Romans 9
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even us, whom He also acalled, bnot from among Jews only, but also from among Gentiles.
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As He says also in Hosea, "aI WILL CALL THOSE WHO WERE NOT MY PEOPLE, 'MY PEOPLE,' AND HER WHO WAS NOT BELOVED, 'BELOVED.'"
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"aAND IT SHALL BE THAT IN THE PLACE WHERE IT WAS SAID TO THEM, 'YOU ARE NOT MY PEOPLE,' THERE THEY SHALL BE CALLED SONS OF bTHE LIVING GOD."
Romans 10
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And Isaiah is very bold and says, "aI WAS FOUND BY THOSE WHO DID NOT SEEK ME, I BECAME MANIFEST TO THOSE WHO DID NOT ASK FOR ME."
Other references for Isaiah 65:1