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22 Then tell Pharaoh, ‘This is what the Lord says: Israel is my firstborn son.

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22 Then say to Pharaoh, ‘This is what the Lord says: Israel is my firstborn son,(A)

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Religious Practices(A)

14 You are the children of the Lord your God. So when someone dies, don’t ⌞mourn⌟ by cutting yourselves or shaving bald spots on your head.

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Clean and Unclean Food(A)

14 You are the children(B) of the Lord your God. Do not cut yourselves or shave the front of your heads for the dead,

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He recognizes that his people are corrupt.
To their shame they are no longer his children.
They are devious and scheming.

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They are corrupt and not his children;
    to their shame they are a warped and crooked generation.(A)

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Is this how you repay the Lord,
you foolish and silly people?
Isn’t he your Father and Owner,
who made you and formed you?

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Is this the way you repay(A) the Lord,
    you foolish(B) and unwise people?(C)
Is he not your Father,(D) your Creator,[a]
    who made you and formed you?(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 32:6 Or Father, who bought you

14 I will be his Father, and he will be my Son. If he sins, I will punish him with a rod and with blows inflicted by people.

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14 I will be his father, and he will be my son.(A) When he does wrong, I will punish him(B) with a rod(C) wielded by men, with floggings inflicted by human hands.

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“He told me, ‘Your son Solomon will build my temple and my courtyards because I have chosen him to be my son. I will be his father.

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He said to me: ‘Solomon your son is the one who will build(A) my house and my courts, for I have chosen him to be my son,(B) and I will be his father.

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“He told me, ‘Your son Solomon will build my temple and my courtyards because I have chosen him to be my son. I will be his father.

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He said to me: ‘Solomon your son is the one who will build(A) my house and my courts, for I have chosen him to be my son,(B) and I will be his father.

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