The LORD proclaims: I will restore Jacob’s tents and have pity on their birthplace. Their city will be rebuilt on its ruins and the palace in its rightful
place.
Jeremiah 30:18 (CEB)
There will be laughter and songs of thanks. I will add to their numbers so they don’t dwindle away. I will honor
them so they aren’t humiliated.
Jeremiah 30:19 (CEB)
Their children will thrive as they did long ago, and their
community will be established before me. I will punish their
oppressors.
Jeremiah 30:20 (CEB)
When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I
called my son.
Hosea 11:1 (CEB)
The more I called them, the further they went from me; they kept sacrificing to the
Baals, and they burned incense to idols.
Hosea 11:2 (CEB)
Yet it was I who taught Ephraim to walk; I took them up in my arms, but they did
not know that I healed them.
Hosea 11:3 (CEB)
I led them with bands of human kindness, with cords of love. I treated them like
those who lift infants to their cheeks; I bent down to them
and fed them.
Hosea 11:4 (CEB)