MY PEOPLE — half of the covenant formula, 'I will take you to me for a people, and I will be your God' (Exodus 6:7), which recurs in that shape all through the Law and the Prophets. ⚠ Hosea 1:9 takes it apart by naming a child LO-AMMI, 'not my people' — and the reversal follows within three verses in the Hebrew (2:1, English 1:10), where those called 'not my people' are called 'sons of the living God.' Paul quotes that reversal at Romans 9:25-26 and 1 Peter 2:10 draws on it, applying to gentiles a promise made here to the northern kingdom. → first discussed at Hosea 1:9