22 Then you will say to Pharaoh: This is what Yahweh 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

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

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