As had been true of fleshly Israel, members of spiritual Israel were the ones Jehovah called “the people whom I formed for myself so that they might declare my praise. ”
Uz garīgajiem izraēliešiem attiecās vārdi, ko Jehova agrāk bija teicis par miesīgo Izraēlu: ” Šī tauta, ko Es esmu sev izredzējis, lai pauž manu slavu! ” ( Jes. 43: 21.)