Verse 1

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

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  • Exod 4:22 : 22 And you shall say to Pharaoh, Thus says the LORD, Israel is my son, even my firstborn.
  • Matt 2:15 : 15 And was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt I have called my son.
  • Hos 2:15 : 15 And I will give her vineyards from there, and the Valley of Achor as a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came out of the land of Egypt.
  • Deut 7:7 : 7 The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because you were more in number than any people; for you were the fewest of all people:
  • Jer 2:2 : 2 Go and proclaim in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus says the LORD; I remember you, the kindness of your youth, the love of your engagements, when you went after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.
  • Hos 12:9 : 9 But I am the LORD your God from the land of Egypt, will yet make you dwell in tents, as in the days of the appointed feast.
  • Hos 12:13 : 13 And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was preserved.
  • Hos 13:4 : 4 Yet I am the LORD your God from the land of Egypt, and you shall know no god but me: for there is no savior besides me.
  • Mal 1:2 : 2 I have loved you, says the LORD. Yet you say, How have you loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? says the LORD. Yet I loved Jacob,
  • Ezek 16:6 : 6 And when I passed by you, and saw you polluted in your own blood, I said to you when you were in your blood, Live; yes, I said to you when you were in your blood, Live.