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

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22 Then say to Pharaoh, ‘This is what the Lord says: Israel is my firstborn son,(A)

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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 will come with weeping;(A)
    they will pray as I bring them back.
I will lead(B) them beside streams of water(C)
    on a level(D) path where they will not stumble,
because I am Israel’s father,(E)
    and Ephraim is my firstborn son.

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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

The Supremacy of the Son of God

15 The Son is the image(A) of the invisible God,(B) the firstborn(C) over all creation.

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