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The LORD’s Love for Israel
“When Israel was a child, I loved him,
and I called my son out of Egypt.
“When Israel was a child, I loved him,
and I called my son out of Egypt.
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.
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 Israel along
with my ropes of kindness and love.
I lifted the yoke from his neck,
and I myself stooped to feed him.
with my ropes of kindness and love.
I lifted the yoke from his neck,
and I myself stooped to feed him.
“But since my people refuse to return to me,
they will return to Egypt
and will be forced to serve Assyria.
they will return to Egypt
and will be forced to serve Assyria.
War will swirl through their cities;
their enemies will crash through their gates.
They will destroy them,
trapping them in their own evil plans.
their enemies will crash through their gates.
They will destroy them,
trapping them in their own evil 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.
For my people are determined to desert me.
They call me the Most High,
but they don’t truly honor me.
They call me the Most High,
but they don’t truly honor me.
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.
“Oh, how can I give you up, Israel?
How can I let you go?
How can I destroy you like Admah
or demolish you like Zeboiim?
My heart is torn within me,
and my compassion overflows.
How can I let you go?
How can I destroy you like Admah
or demolish you like Zeboiim?
My heart is torn within me,
and my compassion overflows.
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.
No, I will not unleash my fierce anger.
I will not completely destroy Israel,
for I am God and not a mere mortal.
I am the Holy One living among you,
and I will not come to destroy.
I will not completely destroy Israel,
for I am God and not a mere mortal.
I am the Holy One living among you,
and I will not come to destroy.
For someday the people will follow me.
I, the LORD, will roar like a lion.
And when I roar,
my people will return trembling from the west.
I, the LORD, will roar like a lion.
And when I roar,
my people will return 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;
Like a flock of birds, they will come from Egypt.
Trembling like doves, they will return from Assyria.
And I will bring them home again,”
says the LORD.
Charges against Israel and Judah
Trembling like doves, they will return from Assyria.
And I will bring them home again,”
says the LORD.
Charges against Israel and Judah
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.