For you were once not a people, but are now God’s people. ” Fleshly Israel were no longer Jehovah’s covenant people.
فَأَنْتُمْ فِي مَا مَضَى لَمْ تَكُونُوا شَعْبًا ،‏ أَمَّا ٱلْآنَ فَشَعْبُ ٱللهِ » .‏