22 Then you will say to Pharaoh: This is what Yahweh says: Israel is My firstborn son.(A)

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22 And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the Lord, Israel is my son, even my firstborn:

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They will come weeping,
but I will bring them back with consolation.[a](A)
I will lead them to wadis filled with water
by a smooth way where they will not stumble,(B)
for I am Israel’s Father,
and Ephraim is My firstborn.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 31:9 LXX; MT reads supplications

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.

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The Centrality of Christ

15 He is the image of the invisible God,(A)
the firstborn over all creation.[a](B)

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Footnotes

  1. Colossians 1:15 The One who is preeminent over all creation

15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:

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