²² Then say to Pharaoh, ‘This is what the Lord says: Israel is my firstborn son,^{(A) 23} and I told you, “Let my son go,^(B) so he may worship^(C) me.” But you refused to let him go; so I will kill your firstborn son.’”^(D)

God’s Love for Israel

Breaking Covenant Through Divorce

¹⁰ Do we not all have one Father^[a]?^(A) Did not one God create us?^(B) Why do we profane the covenant^(C) of our ancestors by being unfaithful^(D) to one another?

⁴¹ You are doing the works of your own father.”^(A)

“We are not illegitimate children,” they protested. “The only Father we have is God himself.”^(B)