...mercy :" and I will bring them by brooks of waters in the right way, and they shall not stumble in it : for I am a Father to Israel, and Ephraim is My first-born. 10. Hear the word of the Lord, 0 ye nations, and declare it in the islands that are afar off, and say...

...(31:9) emphasizes the paternal love and care of Yahweh: he will protect those who are returning home, "for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn." This language has some affinities with that in Ex. 4:22. The other relevant passages emphasize in particular...

...weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters asers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God: And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to Thus saith the Lord: A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rachel weeping for...

...sensuous terms. God is a father and Israel a son and, like any father, God seeks Israel's pleasure. For I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my first-born son. And I was thinking: How I wanted to rank you with my sons, and give you a country of delights,...

...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:...am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn. . . . And it shall come to pass that, like as I have watched over them to pluck up and to break down,...

...supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherin they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn. Hear the word of the LORD, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off. and say. He that scattereth...

...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. . . ." "Is Ephraim my dear son? Is he my darling child? For as often as I speak against him, I do remember...

...them, 'You are not my people', it shall be said to them, 'Sons of the living God' (Hos. 1.1 [ETi.io]. For I am a father to Israel and Ephraim is my first-born (Jer. 31.9).. The individual application of the Father-son reciprocity is limited to the relation between...

...those bearing the promise of new life — pregnant and even birthing women! God will help them along, "for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my first-born" (v. 9). Isaiah 54:lf. depicts the coming restoration still more radically as the reversal of infertility....

...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:...father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn" (Jer. 31:9). But cases ofliteral adoption procedure in the Bible are largely confined to the narrative of...