When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son.
and remained there until the death of Herod. This was to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet, “Out of Egypt I called my son.”
Then you shall say to Pharaoh, ‘Thus says the Lord, Israel is my firstborn son,
But I am the Lord your God from the land of Egypt; you know no God but me, and besides me there is no savior.
And there I will give her her vineyards and make the Valley of Achor a door of hope. And there she shall answer as in the days of her youth, as at the time when she came out of the land of Egypt.
“Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem, Thus says the Lord, “I remember the devotion of your youth, your love as a bride, how you followed me in the wilderness, in a land not sown.
“I have loved you,” says the Lord. But you say, “How have you loved us?” “Is not Esau Jacob's brother?” declares the Lord. “Yet I have loved Jacob
By a prophet the Lord brought Israel up from Egypt, and by a prophet he was guarded.
“And when I passed by you and saw you wallowing in your blood, I said to you in your blood, ‘Live!’ I said to you in your blood, ‘Live!’
It was not because you were more in number than any other people that the Lord set his love on you and chose you, for you were the fewest of all peoples,
I am the Lord your God from the land of Egypt; I will again make you dwell in tents, as in the days of the appointed feast.
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