Are You not our God? You dispossessed those living in this land from before Your people Israel, and have given it to the seed of Abraham, Your friend, forever;
I have come to My garden, My sister, My spouse; I have gathered My myrrh with My spice. I have eaten My honeycomb with My honey; I have drunk My wine with My milk. Eat and drink, O friends; yea, drink fully, beloved ones.
And they came in and possessed it, but they did not obey Your voice nor did they walk in Your Law. They have not done all that You commanded them to do, so You have caused all this evil to meet them.
And I did so, as I was commanded. By day I brought forth my vessels as vessels for exile. And in the evening I dug by hand for myself through the wall. I brought it out in the dark, and I bore on my shoulder before their eyes.
the one having My commandments and keeping them, that one is the one loving Me; and the one loving Me shall be loved by My Father, and I shall love him and will reveal Myself to him.
You heard that I said to you, I am going away, and I come again to you. If you loved Me, you would have rejoiced that I said I am going to the Father; for My Father is greater than I.
And the Scripture was fulfilled, saying, “And Abraham believed God, and it was counted for righteousness to him;” and he was called Friend of God. Gen. 15:6; Isa. 41:8