I ledthem with cordsof a man,with bondsof love,And I becameto them as one who liftsthe yokefrom their jaws;And I bentdown[and] fedthem.
"I will be a fatherto him and he will be a sonto Me; whenhe commitsiniquity,I will correcthim with the rodof menand the strokesof the sonsof men,
They asked,and He broughtquail,And satisfiedthem with the breadof heaven.
Then Mosessaid,"Thisis whatthe LORDhas commanded,'Let an omerfulof it be keptthroughout your generations,that they may seethe breadthat I fedyou in the wilderness,when I broughtyou out of the landof Egypt.'"
"Drawme afteryou [and] let us run[together]! The kinghas broughtme into his chambers.""We will rejoicein you and be glad;We will extolyour lovemorethanwine.Rightlydo they loveyou."
In alltheir afflictionHe was afflicted,And the angelof His presencesavedthem; In His loveand in His mercyHe redeemedthem, And He liftedthem and carriedthem allthe daysof old.
"For she does not knowthat it was I who gaveher the grain,the newwineand the oil,And lavishedon her silverand gold,[Which] they usedfor Baal.
I am the LORDyour God,whobroughtyou out of the landof Egyptsothat [you] would not be their slaves,and I brokethe barsof your yokeand made you walkerect.
"And I, ifI am liftedup from the earth,will drawall mento Myself."
For the loveof Christcontrolsus, having concludedthis,that onediedfor all,thereforealldied;
"The LORDaloneguidedhim, And therewas noforeigngodwith him.
Curdsof cows,and milkof the flock,With fatof lambs,And rams,the breedof Bashan,and goats,With the finestof the wheat--And of the bloodof grapesyou drankwine.
