¹ Because Israel `is' a youth, and I love him, Out of Egypt I have called for My Son.

¹⁵ and he was there till the death of Herod, that it might be fulfilled that was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, `Out of Egypt I did call My Son.'

²² and thou hast said unto Pharaoh, Thus said Jehovah, My son, My first-born `is' Israel,

¹⁵ And given to her her vineyards from thence, And the valley of Achor for an opening of hope, And she hath responded there as in the days of her youth, And as in the day of her coming up out of the land of Egypt.

² `Go, and thou hast called in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus said Jehovah: I have remembered for thee The kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, Thy going after Me in a wilderness, in a land not sown.

⁷ `Not because of your being more numerous than any of the peoples hath Jehovah delighted in you, and fixeth on you, for ye `are' the least of all the peoples,

² I have loved you, said Jehovah, And ye have said, `In what hast Thou loved us?'

⁴ And I `am' Jehovah thy God from the land of Egypt, And a God besides Me thou dost not know, And a Saviour -- there is none save Me.

¹³ And by a prophet hath Jehovah brought up Israel out of Egypt, And by a prophet it hath been watched.

⁹ And I -- Jehovah thy God from the land of Egypt, Again do I turn thee back into tents, As in the days of the appointed time.

⁶ And I do pass over by thee, And I see thee trodden down in thy blood, And I say to thee in thy blood, Live, And I say to thee in thy blood, Live.