31 and in the wilderness where you saw how the Lord your God carried you, as a (A)man carries his son, in all the way that you went until you came to this place.’

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“Listen to Me, O house of Jacob,
And all the remnant of the house of Israel,
(A)Who have been upheld by Me from [a]birth,
Who have been carried from the womb:
Even to your old age, (B)I am He,
And even to gray hairs (C)I will carry you!
I have made, and I will bear;
Even I will carry, and will deliver you.

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  1. Isaiah 46:3 Lit. the belly

(A)In all their affliction He was [a]afflicted,
(B)And the Angel of His Presence saved them;
(C)In His love and in His pity He redeemed them;
And (D)He bore them and carried them
All the days of old.

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  1. Isaiah 63:9 Kt., LXX, Syr. not afflicted

18 Now (A)for a time of about forty years He put up with their ways in the wilderness.

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11 (A)So Moses said to the Lord, “Why have You afflicted Your servant? And why have I not found favor in Your sight, that You have laid the [a]burden of all these people on me? 12 Did I conceive all these people? Did I beget them, that You should say to me, (B)‘Carry them in your bosom, as a (C)guardian carries a nursing child,’ to the land which You (D)swore[b] to their fathers?

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  1. Numbers 11:11 responsibility
  2. Numbers 11:12 solemnly promised

“I(A) taught Ephraim to walk,
Taking them by [a]their arms;
But they did not know that (B)I healed them.
I drew them with [b]gentle cords,
With bands of love,
And (C)I was to them as those who take the yoke from their [c]neck.
(D)I stooped and fed them.

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  1. Hosea 11:3 Some Heb. mss., LXX, Syr., Vg. My arms
  2. Hosea 11:4 Lit. cords of a man
  3. Hosea 11:4 Lit. jaws

11 He will (A)feed His flock like a shepherd;
He will gather the lambs with His arm,
And carry them in His bosom,
And gently lead those who are with young.

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10 “He found him (A)in a desert land
And in the wasteland, a howling wilderness;
He encircled him, He instructed him,
He (B)kept him as the [a]apple of His eye.
11 (C)As an eagle stirs up its nest,
Hovers over its young,
Spreading out its wings, taking them up,
Carrying them on its wings,
12 So the Lord alone led him,
And there was no foreign god with him.

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  1. Deuteronomy 32:10 pupil

(A)‘You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how (B)I [a]bore you on eagles’ wings and brought you to Myself.

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  1. Exodus 19:4 sustained

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