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Yet, who is our father, Lord, if not thou? Let Abraham disown us, Israel disclaim his own blood, we are thy sons still; is it not thy boast of old, thou hast paid a price for us? (Isaiah 63, 16)
And out of all nations they shall bring your brethren back, an offering to the Lord, with horse and chariot, with litter and mule and waggon, to Jerusalem, the Lord says, to this mountain, my sanctuary. A bloodless offering this, for the sons of Israel to bring, in its sanctified vessel, to the Lord’s house! (Isaiah 66, 20)
Israel was set apart for the Lord, first-fruits vowed to be his revenue; he lay under a ban that plucked them, and must rue his rashness, the Lord says. (Jeremiah 2, 3)
Listen, then, to the Lord’s word, men of Jacob; listen, every clan that bears the name of Israel, (Jeremiah 2, 4)
What, is the race of Israel a slave, a chattel, that it should pass from hand to hand as the prize of war? (Jeremiah 2, 14)
tell me, Israel, how came this? Was it not because thou hadst forsaken the Lord thy God, that till then had led thee?✻ (Jeremiah 2, 17)
Thief caught in the act has less cause to blush than the men of Israel, king and prince, priest and prophet, with the rest. (Jeremiah 2, 26)
Out upon this age! Here is the Lord’s message, give good heed to it. Have I shewn myself unfriendly to Israel, like a desert, like a land overcast by shadows, that my own people has resolved to keep its distance, and come my way no more? (Jeremiah 2, 31)
It was in the days of king Josias the Lord said to me: Israel’s apostasy thou hast seen, how she ever betook herself to the nearest high hill or leafy wood, to play the wanton there; (Jeremiah 3, 6)
She too had seen it all, how I had bidden apostate Israel begone, and given her a writ of separation; and now treacherous Juda, unabashed, went off in her turn to play the wanton. (Jeremiah 3, 8)
And the Lord told me: Better than Juda’s treachery, the apostasy of Israel deserves to be acquitted. (Jeremiah 3, 11)
Carry this message of mine to the north country: Come back to me, apostate Israel, the Lord says, and there shall be no frown of mine awaiting you; I am merciful, the Lord says, and vengeance shall not last for ever. (Jeremiah 3, 12)
