Exodus 4:22

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

Isaiah 1:2

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A Rebellious Nation

²Hear me, you heavens! Listen, earth!^(A)
For the Lord has spoken:^(B)
“I reared children^(C) and brought them up,
but they have rebelled^(D) against me.

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Isaiah 1:2 in all English translations

Jeremiah 31:9

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⁹They will come with weeping;^(A)
    they will pray as I bring them back.
I will lead^(B) them beside streams of water^(C)
    on a level^(D) path where they will not stumble,
because I am Israel’s father,^(E)
    and Ephraim is my firstborn son.

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Hosea 11:1

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God’s Love for Israel

11 “When Israel was a child,^(A) I loved^(B) him,
and out of Egypt I called my son.^(C)

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Malachi 1:6

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Breaking Covenant Through Blemished Sacrifices

⁶“A son honors his father,^(A) and a slave his master.^(B) If I am a father, where is the honor due me? If I am a master, where is the respect^(C) due me?” says the Lord Almighty.^(D)

“It is you priests who show contempt for my name.

“But you ask,^(E) ‘How have we shown contempt for your name?’

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