The Lord says, “I am the Lord your God, who led you out of Egypt. You have no God but me. I alone am your savior.
When did any of the gods of all these countries ever save their country from our emperor? Then what makes you think the Lord can save Jerusalem?”
For I am the Lord your God, the holy God of Israel, who saves you. I will give up Egypt to set you free; I will give up Ethiopia and Seba.
The Lord says, “When Israel was a child, I loved him and called him out of Egypt as my son.
“I spoke to the prophets and gave them many visions, and through the prophets I gave my people warnings.
But I, the Lord your God who led you out of Egypt, I will make you live in tents again, as you did when I came to you in the desert.
I will give back to her the vineyards she had and make Trouble Valley a door of hope. She will respond to me there as she did when she was young, when she came from Egypt.
I will keep my promise and make you mine, and you will acknowledge me as Lord.
Then the Lord ordered the fish to spit Jonah up on the beach, and it did.
Salvation is to be found through him alone; in all the world there is no one else whom God has given who can save us.”