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The Lord’s Love for Israel

11 “When Israel was a child, I loved him,
    and I called my son out of Egypt.

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15 and they stayed there until Herod’s death. This fulfilled what the Lord had spoken through the prophet: “I called my Son out of Egypt.”[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 2:15 Hos 11:1.

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

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15 I will return her vineyards to her
    and transform the Valley of Trouble[a] into a gateway of hope.
She will give herself to me there,
    as she did long ago when she was young,
    when I freed her from her captivity in Egypt.

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Footnotes

  1. 2:15 Hebrew valley of Achor.

The Lord’s Love for Israel

“I have always loved you,” says the Lord.

But you retort, “Really? How have you loved us?”

And the Lord replies, “This is how I showed my love for you: I loved your ancestor Jacob,

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“I have been the Lord your God
    ever since I brought you out of Egypt.
You must acknowledge no God but me,
    for there is no other savior.

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13 Then by a prophet
    the Lord brought Jacob’s descendants[a] out of Egypt;
and by that prophet
    they were protected.

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Footnotes

  1. 12:13 Hebrew brought Israel. See note on 10:11b.

“But I am the Lord your God,
    who rescued you from slavery in Egypt.
And I will make you live in tents again,
    as you do each year at the Festival of Shelters.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 12:9 Hebrew as in the days of your appointed feast.

“But I came by and saw you there, helplessly kicking about in your own blood. As you lay there, I said, ‘Live!’

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“Go and shout this message to Jerusalem. This is what the Lord says:

“I remember how eager you were to please me
    as a young bride long ago,
how you loved me and followed me
    even through the barren wilderness.

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“The Lord did not set his heart on you and choose you because you were more numerous than other nations, for you were the smallest of all nations!

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