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God’s Love for Israel
“When Israel was a child, I loved him,
and out of Egypt I called my son.
“When Israel was a child, I loved him,
and out of Egypt I called my son.
The Lord’s Love for Israel
When Israel was a child, I loved him,
and out of Egypt I called my son.
When Israel was a child, I loved him,
and out of Egypt I called my son.
The more they were called,
the more they went away;
they kept sacrificing to the Baals
and burning offerings to idols.
the more they went away;
they kept sacrificing to the Baals
and burning offerings to idols.
It was I who taught Ephraim to walk,
taking them by the arms;
but they did not realize
it was I who healed them.
taking them by the arms;
but they did not realize
it was I who healed them.
Yet it was I who taught Ephraim to walk;
I took them up by their arms,
but they did not know that I healed them.
I took them up by their arms,
but they did not know that I healed them.
I led them with cords of human kindness,
with ties of love.
To them I was like one who lifts
a little child to the cheek,
and I bent down to feed them.
with ties of love.
To them I was like one who lifts
a little child to the cheek,
and I bent down to feed them.
“Will they not return to Egypt
and will not Assyria rule over them
because they refuse to repent?
and will not Assyria rule over them
because they refuse to repent?
A sword will flash in their cities;
it will devour their false prophets
and put an end to their plans.
it will devour their false prophets
and put an end to their plans.
The sword shall rage against their cities,
consume the bars of their gates,
and devour them because of their own counsels.
consume the bars of their gates,
and devour them because of their own counsels.
My people are determined to turn from me.
Even though they call me God Most High,
I will by no means exalt them.
Even though they call me God Most High,
I will by no means exalt them.
My people are bent on turning away from me,
and though they call out to the Most High,
he shall not raise them up at all.
and though they call out to the Most High,
he shall not raise them up at all.
“How can I give you up, Ephraim?
How can I hand you over, Israel?
How can I treat you like Admah?
How can I make you like Zeboyim?
My heart is changed within me;
all my compassion is aroused.
How can I hand you over, Israel?
How can I treat you like Admah?
How can I make you like Zeboyim?
My heart is changed within me;
all my compassion is aroused.
How can I give you up, O Ephraim?
How can I hand you over, O Israel?
How can I make you like Admah?
How can I treat you like Zeboiim?
My heart recoils within me;
my compassion grows warm and tender.
How can I hand you over, O Israel?
How can I make you like Admah?
How can I treat you like Zeboiim?
My heart recoils within me;
my compassion grows warm and tender.
I will not carry out my fierce anger,
nor will I devastate Ephraim again.
For I am God, and not a man —
the Holy One among you.
I will not come against their cities.
nor will I devastate Ephraim again.
For I am God, and not a man —
the Holy One among you.
I will not come against their cities.
They will follow the Lord;
he will roar like a lion.
When he roars,
his children will come trembling from the west.
he will roar like a lion.
When he roars,
his children will come trembling from the west.
They shall go after the Lord;
he will roar like a lion;
when he roars,
his children shall come trembling from the west;
he will roar like a lion;
when he roars,
his children shall come trembling from the west;
They will come from Egypt,
trembling like sparrows,
from Assyria, fluttering like doves.
I will settle them in their homes,”
declares the Lord.
trembling like sparrows,
from Assyria, fluttering like doves.
I will settle them in their homes,”
declares the Lord.
they shall come trembling like birds from Egypt,
and like doves from the land of Assyria,
and I will return them to their homes, declares the Lord.
and like doves from the land of Assyria,
and I will return them to their homes, declares the Lord.