2 Samuel 7:24

For thou hast confirmed to thyself thy people Israel to be a people unto thee for ever ,.... So long as they were obedient to him, and observed his laws and statutes, and abode by his worship and ordinances, otherwise he would write a "loammi" on them, as he has, see Hosea 1:9 ,

and thou, Lord, art become their God ; their covenant God, they having avouched him to be their God, and he having avouched them to be his people, Deuteronomy 26:17 .