^16 (A)Doubtless You are our Father,
Though Abraham ^(B)was ignorant of us,
And Israel does not acknowledge us.
You, O Lord, are our Father;
Our Redeemer from Everlasting is Your name.

^10 (A)Have we not all one Father?
^(B)Has not one God created us?
Why do we deal treacherously with one another
By profaning the covenant of the fathers?

⁶ “Thus says the Lord, the King of Israel,
And his Redeemer, the Lord of hosts:
^(A)‘I am the First and I am the Last;
Besides Me there is no God.

⁶ Do you thus ^(A)deal^[a] with the Lord,
O foolish and unwise people?
Is He not ^(B)your Father, who ^(C)bought you?
Has He not ^(D)made you and established you?

⁶ “A son ^(A)honors his father,
And a servant his master.
^(B)If then I am the Father,
Where is My honor?
And if I am a Master,
Where is My reverence?
Says the Lord of hosts
To you priests who despise My name.
^(C)Yet you say, ‘In what way have we despised Your name?’

^9 (A)They shall come with weeping,
And with supplications I will lead them.
I will cause them to walk ^(B)by the rivers of waters,
In a straight way in which they shall not stumble;
For I am a Father to Israel,
And Ephraim is My ^(C)firstborn.