 | Jean Calvin - 1995 - عدد الصفحات: 444
...4.22(, 'Israel is my son, my firstborn: and I have said unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me'; 'For I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn' (Jer. 3 1.9) ; and again, 'Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for as often as I speak against... | |
 | J. C. O'Neill - 1995 - عدد الصفحات: 254
...This language is very reminiscent of language applied to Israel as a whole, such as in Jeremiah 31.9, "for I am a father to Israel and Ephraim is my first-born", and two New Testament writers seem to have applied the words of 2 Samuel 7.14 to others than Christ... | |
 | Ethelbert W. Bullinger - 1996 - عدد الصفحات: 300
...saith the LORD, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, And they shall be My people. . . . For I am a father to Israel, And Ephraim is My firstborn " (v. 9). As He said to Moses : " Thus saith the LORD, Israel is my son, even my firstborn" (Exod.... | |
 | Gail Twersky Reimer, Judith A. Kates - 1997 - عدد الصفحات: 372
...with weeping, And with supplications will I lead them; I will cause them to walk by rivers of waters, In a straight way wherein they shall not stumble; For I am become a father to Israel, And Ephraim is My first-born. '"Hear the word of the LORD, 0 ye nations,... | |
 | Chava Weissler - 1999 - عدد الصفحات: 310
...supplications I will lead them back, I will make them walk by brooks of water, in a straight path in which they shall not stumble; for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my first born." Cf. also B. Berakhot 32b and B. Baba Metsia 59a: "R. Elea2ar said, from the day on \\hich... | |
 | Thomas W. Petrisko - 1998 - عدد الصفحات: 462
...example, in Jeremiah: 'With weeping they had departed, and with consolations I will lead them back... for I am a Father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn' (Jer 31:9). Numerous passages in the Old Testament present the merciful love of the God of the covenant:... | |
 | Arthur P. Mendel - 1999 - عدد الصفحات: 364
...integral part of the Biblical message and, consequently, a founding assumption in our western worldview. For I am a father to Israel, And Ephraim is my first-born. It was I Who taught Ephraim to walk, I took them up in My arms; But they did not know that I healed... | |
 | 2000 - عدد الصفحات: 342
...weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble;...a Father to Israel, and Ephraim is My firstborn." At her request, we knelt before our Father's throne to ask His blessing on the reading of His Word... | |
 | Allan Coppedge - 2001 - عدد الصفحات: 440
...consolations I will lead them back, I will make them walk by brooks of water, in a straight path in which they shall not stumble; for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my first-born" (31:9, 20, 23). This family figure of speech is not only picked up by :he prophets but also in the... | |
 | Arthur W. Pink - 2002 - عدد الصفحات: 390
...use of this term denoted that Israel had been singled out as the objects of God's special favors — "I am a Father to Israel, and Ephraim is My firstborn" (Jer. 31:9). The title of "firstborn" speaks of dignity and excellency (see Gen. 49:3; Ps. 89:27). Israel... | |
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They shall come with weeping and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble; for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn. 
