Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy beauty: where is thy zeal and thy strength, the yearning of thy heart and of thy mercies toward me? are they restrained?
Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my heart yearneth for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith Yahweh.
So being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted unto you, not the good news of Elohim only, but also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us.
But whoso hath this world's goods, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his tender mercies from him, how dwelleth the love of Elohim in him?