Verse 2
I have loved{H157} you, saith{H5002} Jehovah.{H3068} Yet ye say,{H559} Wherein hast thou loved{H157} us? Was not Esau{H6215} Jacob's{H3290} brother?{H251} saith{H559} Jehovah:{H3068} yet I loved{H157} Jacob;{H3290}
Referenced Verses
- Isa 41:8-9 : 8 But thou, Israel,{H3478} my servant,{H5650} Jacob{H3290} whom I have chosen,{H977} the seed{H2233} of Abraham{H85} my friend,{H157} 9 thou whom I have taken{H2388} hold of from the ends{H7098} of the earth,{H776} and called{H7121} from the corners{H678} thereof, and said{H559} unto thee, Thou art my servant,{H5650} I have chosen{H977} thee and not cast thee away;{H3988}
- Jer 31:3 : 3 Jehovah{H3068} appeared{H7200} of old{H7350} unto me, [saying], Yea, I have loved{H157} thee with an everlasting{H5769} love:{H160} therefore with lovingkindness{H2617} have I drawn{H4900} thee.
- Deut 10:15 : 15 Only Jehovah{H3068} had a delight{H2836} in thy fathers{H1} to love{H157} them, and he chose{H977} their seed{H2233} after{H310} them, even you above all peoples,{H5971} as at this day.{H3117}
- Mal 3:13-14 : 13 Your words{H1697} have been stout{H2388} against me, saith{H559} Jehovah.{H3068} Yet ye say,{H559} What have we spoken{H1696} against thee? 14 Ye have said,{H559} It is vain{H7723} to serve{H5647} God;{H430} and what profit{H1215} is it that we have kept{H8104} his charge,{H4931} and that we have walked{H1980} mournfully{H6941} before{H6440} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts?{H6635}
- Rom 9:10-13 : 10 And{G1161} not{G3756} only{G3440} so; but{G235} {G2192} Rebecca{G4479} also{G2532} having{G2192} conceived{G2845} by{G1537} one,{G1520} [even] by{G3962} our{G2257} father{G3962} Isaac—{G2464} 11 for{G1063} [the children] being{G1080} not yet{G3380} born,{G1080} neither{G3366} having done{G4238} anything{G5100} good{G18} or{G2228} bad,{G2556} that{G2443} the purpose{G4286} of God{G2316} according to{G2596} election{G1589} might stand,{G3306} not{G3756} of{G1537} works,{G2041} but{G235} of{G1537} him that calleth,{G2564} 12 it was said{G4483} unto her,{G846} The elder{G3187} shall serve{G1398} the younger.{G1640} 13 Even as{G2531} it is written,{G1125} Jacob{G2384} I loved,{G25} but{G1161} Esau{G2269} I hated.{G3404}
- Rom 11:28-29 : 28 As touching{G2596} the gospel,{G2098} they are enemies{G2190} for{G1223} your{G5209} sake:{G1223} but{G1161} as touching{G2596} the election,{G1589} they are beloved{G27} for{G1223} the fathers'{G3962} sake.{G1223} 29 For{G1063} the gifts{G5486} and{G2532} the calling{G2821} of God{G2316} are not repented{G278} of.
- Deut 32:8-9 : 8 When the Most High{H5945} gave{H5157} to the nations{H1471} their inheritance,{H5157} When he separated{H6504} the children{H1121} of men,{H120} He set{H5324} the bounds{H1367} of the peoples{H5971} According to the number{H4557} of the children{H1121} of Israel.{H3478} 9 For Jehovah's{H3068} portion{H2506} is his people;{H5971} Jacob{H3290} is the lot{H2256} of his inheritance.{H5159} 10 He found{H4672} him in a desert{H4057} land,{H776} And in the waste{H8414} howling{H3214} wilderness;{H3452} He compassed him about,{H5437} he cared{H995} for him, He kept{H5341} him as the apple{H380} of his eye.{H5869} 11 As an eagle{H5404} that stirreth up{H5782} her nest,{H7064} That fluttereth{H7363} over her young,{H1469} He spread abroad{H6566} his wings,{H3671} he took{H3947} them, He bare{H5375} them on his pinions.{H84} 12 Jehovah{H3068} alone{H910} did lead{H5148} him, And there was no foreign{H5236} god{H410} with him. 13 He made him ride{H7392} on the high places{H1116} of the earth,{H776} And he did eat{H398} the increase{H8570} of the field;{H7704} And he made him to suck{H3243} honey{H1706} out of the rock,{H5553} And oil{H8081} out of the flinty{H2496} rock;{H6697} 14 Butter{H2529} of the herd,{H1241} and milk{H2461} of the flock,{H6629} With fat{H2459} of lambs,{H3733} And rams{H352} of the breed{H1121} of Bashan,{H1316} and goats,{H6260} With the{H2459} finest{H3629} of the wheat;{H2406} And of the{H2561} blood{H1818} of the grape{H6025} thou drankest{H8354} wine.
- Mal 1:6-7 : 6 A son{H1121} honoreth{H3513} his father,{H1} and a servant{H5650} his master:{H113} if then I am a father,{H1} where is mine honor?{H3519} and if I am a master,{H113} where is my fear?{H4172} saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts{H6635} unto you, O priests,{H3548} that despise{H959} my name.{H8034} And ye say,{H559} Wherein have we despised{H959} thy name?{H8034} 7 Ye offer{H5066} polluted{H1351} bread{H3899} upon mine altar.{H4196} And ye say,{H559} Wherein have we polluted{H1351} thee? In that ye say,{H559} The table{H7979} of Jehovah{H3068} is contemptible.{H959}
- Mal 2:17 : 17 Ye have wearied{H3021} Jehovah{H3068} with your words.{H1697} Yet ye say,{H559} Wherein have we wearied{H3021} him? In that ye say,{H559} Every one that doeth{H6213} evil{H7451} is good{H2896} in the sight{H5869} of Jehovah,{H3068} and he delighteth{H2654} in them; or where is the God{H430} of justice?{H4941}
- Mal 3:7-8 : 7 From the days{H3117} of your fathers{H1} ye have turned aside{H5493} from mine ordinances,{H2706} and have not kept{H8104} them. Return{H7725} unto me, and I will return{H7725} unto you, saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts.{H6635} But ye say,{H559} Wherein shall we return?{H7725} 8 Will a man{H120} rob{H6906} God?{H430} yet ye rob{H6906} me. But ye say,{H559} Wherein have we robbed{H6906} thee? In tithes{H4643} and offerings.{H8641}
- Isa 43:4 : 4 Since thou hast been precious{H3365} in my sight,{H5869} [and] honorable,{H3513} and I have loved{H157} thee; therefore will I give{H5414} men{H120} in thy stead, and peoples{H3816} instead of thy life.{H5315}
- Jer 2:5 : 5 thus saith{H559} Jehovah,{H3068} What unrighteousness{H5766} have your fathers{H1} found{H4672} in me, that they are gone far{H7368} from me, and have walked{H3212} after{H310} vanity,{H1892} and are become vain?{H1891}
- Jer 2:31 : 31 O generation,{H1755} see{H7200} ye the word{H1697} of Jehovah.{H3068} Have I been a wilderness{H4057} unto Israel?{H3478} or a land{H776} of thick darkness?{H3991} wherefore say{H559} my people,{H5971} We are broken loose;{H7300} we will come{H935} no more unto thee?
- Gen 25:23 : 23 And Jehovah{H3068} said{H559} unto her, Two{H8147} nations{H1471} are in thy womb,{H990} And two{H8147} peoples{H3816} shall be separated{H6504} from thy bowels:{H4578} And the one people{H3816} shall be stronger{H553} than the other people;{H3816} And the elder{H7227} shall serve{H5647} the younger.{H6810}
- Gen 27:27-30 : 27 And he came near,{H5066} and kissed{H5401} him: and he smelled{H7306} the smell{H7381} of his raiment,{H899} and blessed{H1288} him, and said,{H559} See,{H7200} the smell{H7381} of my son{H1121} Is as the smell{H7381} of a field{H7704} which Jehovah{H3068} hath blessed:{H1288} 28 And God{H430} give{H5414} thee of the dew{H2919} of heaven,{H8064} And of the fatness{H4924} of the earth,{H776} And plenty{H7230} of grain{H1715} and new wine:{H8492} 29 Let peoples{H5971} serve{H5647} thee, And nations{H3816} bow down{H7812} to thee: Be{H1933} lord{H1376} over thy brethren,{H251} And let thy mother's{H517} sons{H1121} bow down{H7812} to thee: Cursed{H779} be every one that curseth{H779} thee, And blessed{H1288} be every one that blesseth{H1288} thee. 30 And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac{H3327} had made an end{H3615} of blessing{H1288} Jacob,{H3290} and Jacob{H3290} was yet{H389} scarce{H3318} gone out{H3318} from the presence{H6440} of Isaac{H3327} his father,{H1} that Esau{H6215} his brother{H251} came in{H935} from his hunting.{H6718}
- Gen 27:33 : 33 And Isaac{H3327} trembled{H2729} very{H1419} exceedingly,{H3966} and said,{H559} Who then{H645} is he that hath taken{H6679} venison,{H6718} and brought{H935} it me, and I have eaten{H398} of all before thou camest,{H935} and have blessed{H1288} him? yea, [and] he shall be blessed.{H1288}
- Gen 28:3-4 : 3 And God{H410} Almighty{H7706} bless{H1288} thee, and make thee fruitful,{H6509} and multiply{H7235} thee, that thou mayest be a company{H6951} of peoples;{H5971} 4 and give{H5414} thee the blessing{H1293} of Abraham,{H85} to thee, and to thy seed{H2233} with thee; that thou mayest inherit{H3423} the land{H776} of thy sojournings,{H4033} which God{H430} gave{H5414} unto Abraham.{H85}
- Gen 28:13-14 : 13 And, behold, Jehovah{H3068} stood{H5324} above it, and said,{H559} I am Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of Abraham{H85} thy father,{H1} and the God{H430} of Isaac:{H3327} the land{H776} whereon thou liest,{H7901} to thee will I give it,{H5414} and to thy seed;{H2233} 14 and thy seed{H2233} shall be as the dust{H6083} of the earth,{H776} and thou shalt spread abroad{H6555} to the west,{H3220} and to the east,{H6924} and to the north,{H6828} and to the south:{H5045} and in thee and in thy seed{H2233} shall all the families{H4940} of the earth{H127} be blessed.{H1288}
- Gen 32:28-30 : 28 And he said,{H559} Thy name{H8034} shall be called{H559} no more Jacob,{H3290} but Israel:{H3478} for thou hast striven{H8280} with God{H430} and with men,{H582} and hast prevailed.{H3201} 29 And Jacob{H3290} asked{H7592} him, and said,{H559} Tell{H5046} me, I pray thee, thy name.{H8034} And he said,{H559} Wherefore is it{H2088} that thou dost ask{H7592} after my name?{H8034} And he blessed{H1288} him there. 30 And Jacob{H3290} called{H7121} the name{H8034} of the place{H4725} Peniel:{H6439} for, [said he], I have seen{H7200} God{H430} face{H6440} to face,{H6440} and my life{H5315} is preserved.{H5337}
- Gen 48:4 : 4 and said{H559} unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful,{H6509} and multiply{H7235} thee, and I will make{H5414} of thee a company{H6951} of peoples,{H5971} and will give{H5414} this land{H776} to thy seed{H2233} after thee{H310} for an everlasting{H5769} possession.{H272}
- Deut 4:37 : 37 And because he loved{H157} thy fathers,{H1} therefore he chose{H977} their seed{H2233} after{H310} them, and brought thee out{H3318} with his presence,{H6440} with his great{H1419} power,{H3581} out of Egypt;{H4714}
- Deut 7:6-8 : 6 For thou art a holy{H6918} people{H5971} unto Jehovah{H3068} thy God:{H430} Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} hath chosen{H977} thee to be a people{H5971} for his own possession,{H5459} above all peoples{H5971} that are upon the face{H6440} of the earth.{H127} 7 Jehovah{H3068} did not set his love{H2836} upon you, nor choose{H977} you, because ye were more{H7230} in number than any people;{H5971} for ye were the fewest{H4592} of all peoples:{H5971} 8 but because Jehovah{H3068} loveth you, and because he would keep{H8104} the oath{H7621} which he sware{H7650} unto your fathers,{H1} hath Jehovah{H3068} brought you out{H3318} with a mighty{H2389} hand,{H3027} and redeemed{H6299} you out{H3318} of the house{H1004} of bondage,{H5650} from the hand{H3027} of Pharaoh{H6547} king{H4428} of Egypt.{H4714}
- Luke 10:29 : 29 But{G1161} he,{G2036} desiring{G2309} to justify{G1344} himself,{G1438} said{G2036} unto{G4314} Jesus,{G2424} And{G2532} who{G5101} is{G2076} my{G3450} neighbor?{G4139}