“When Yisra’ĕ
“Often they have distressed me from my youth.” Let Yisra’ĕ
‘You have seen what I did to the Mitsrites, and how I bore you on eagles’ wings and brought you to Myself.
“And you shall say to Pharaoh, ‘Thus said יהוה, “Yisra’ĕ
so I say to you, let My son go to serve Me. But if you refuse to let him go, see, I am killing your son, your first-born.” ’ ”
“Since you were precious in My eyes, you have been esteemed, and I have loved you. And I give men in your place, and peoples for your life.
“I have forsaken My house, I have left My inheritance, I have given the beloved of My being into the hand of her enemies.
“Go, and you shall cry in the hearing of Yerushalayim, saying, ‘Thus said יהוה, “I remember you, the kindness of your youth, the love of your bridehood, when you went after Me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.
“And in all your abominations and whorings you did not remember the days of your youth, when you were naked and bare, trampled down in your blood.
“Then I passed by you and saw you trampled down in your own blood, and I said to you in your blood, ‘Live!’ And I said to you in your blood, ‘Live!’
Thus it shall be done to you, O Bĕ
And by a prophet יהוה brought Yisra’ĕ
“But I am יהוה your Elohim since the land of Mitsrayim, again I shall make you dwell in tents as in the days of the appointed time.
“But I am יהוה your Elohim since the land of Mitsrayim, and an Elohim besides Me you shall not know, for there is no Saviour besides Me.
and give to her vineyards from there, and the Valley of Aḵ
“I have loved you,” said יהוה. “But you asked, ‘In what way have You loved us?’ “Was not Ě
and remained there until the death of Herodes, to fill what was spoken by יהוה through the prophet, saying, “Out of Mitsrayim I have called My Son.”
Indeed, He loves the peoples, all His set-apart ones are in Your hand. And they, they sat down at Your feet, receiving Your Words.
“יהוה did not set His love on you nor choose you because you were more numerous than any other people, for you were the least of all peoples,
