God’s Continuing Love for Israel

11 “When Israel was a [a]child, I loved him,
And out of Egypt (A)I called My (B)son.

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  1. Hosea 11:1 Or youth

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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15 and was there until the death of Herod, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, (A)“Out of Egypt I called My Son.”

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15 where he stayed until the death of Herod. And so was fulfilled(A) what the Lord had said through the prophet: “Out of Egypt I called my son.”[a](B)

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  1. Matthew 2:15 Hosea 11:1

22 Then you shall (A)say to Pharaoh, ‘Thus says the Lord: (B)“Israel is My son, (C)My firstborn.

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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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“Yet (A)I am the Lord your God
Ever since the land of Egypt,
And you shall know no God but Me;
For (B)there is no savior besides Me.

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“But I have been the Lord your God
    ever since you came out of Egypt.(A)
You shall acknowledge(B) no God but me,(C)
    no Savior(D) except me.

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15 I will give her her vineyards from there,
And (A)the Valley of Achor as a door of hope;
She shall sing there,
As in (B)the days of her youth,
(C)As in the day when she came up from the land of Egypt.

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15 There I will give her back her vineyards,
    and will make the Valley of Achor[a](A) a door of hope.
There she will respond[b](B) as in the days of her youth,(C)
    as in the day she came up out of Egypt.(D)

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  1. Hosea 2:15 Achor means trouble.
  2. Hosea 2:15 Or sing

“Go and cry in the hearing of Jerusalem, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord:

“I remember you,
The kindness of your (A)youth,
The love of your betrothal,
(B)When you [a]went after Me in the wilderness,
In a land not sown.

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  1. Jeremiah 2:2 followed

“Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem:

“This is what the Lord says:

“‘I remember the devotion of your youth,(A)
    how as a bride you loved me
and followed me through the wilderness,(B)
    through a land not sown.

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Israel Beloved of God

“I(A) have loved you,” says the Lord.
“Yet you say, ‘In what way have You loved us?’
Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?”
Says the Lord.
“Yet (B)Jacob I have loved;

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Israel Doubts God’s Love

“I have loved(A) you,” says the Lord.

“But you ask,(B) ‘How have you loved us?’

“Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the Lord. “Yet I have loved Jacob,(C)

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13 (A)By a prophet the Lord brought Israel out of Egypt,
And by a prophet he was preserved.

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13 The Lord used a prophet to bring Israel up from Egypt,(A)
    by a prophet he cared for him.(B)

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“And when I passed by you and saw you struggling in your own blood, I said to you in your blood, ‘Live!’ Yes, I said to you in your blood, ‘Live!’

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“‘Then I passed by and saw you kicking about in your blood, and as you lay there in your blood I said to you, “Live!”[a](A)

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  1. Ezekiel 16:6 A few Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts repeat and as you lay there in your blood I said to you, “Live!”

The Lord did not set His (A)love on you nor choose you because you were more in number than any other people, for you were (B)the least of all peoples;

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The Lord did not set his affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous(A) than other peoples, for you were the fewest(B) of all peoples.(C)

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“But I am the Lord your God,
Ever since the land of Egypt;
(A)I will again make you dwell in tents,
As in the days of the appointed feast.

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“I have been the Lord your God
    ever since you came out of Egypt;(A)
I will make you live in tents(B) again,
    as in the days of your appointed festivals.

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