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16 For you are our father,
    though Abraham does not know us
    and Israel does not acknowledge us;
you, O Lord, are our father;
    our Redeemer from of old is your name.(A)

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Yet, O Lord, you are our Father;
    we are the clay, and you are our potter;
    we are all the work of your hand.(A)

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With weeping they shall come,
    and with consolations[a] I will lead them back;
I will let them walk by brooks of water,
    in a straight path where they shall not stumble,
for I have become a father to Israel,
    and Ephraim is my firstborn.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 31.9 Gk: Heb supplications

God’s Compassion Despite Israel’s Ingratitude

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

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They are Israelites, and to them belong the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the worship, and the promises;(A)

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