I will give back to her the vineyards she had and make Trouble Valley a door of hope. She will respond to me there as she did when she was young, when she came from Egypt.

"The LORD did not love you and choose you because you outnumbered other peoples; you were the smallest nation on earth.

to proclaim this message to everyone in Jerusalem. "I remember how faithful you were when you were young, how you loved me when we were first married; you followed me through the desert, through a land that had not been planted.

"Then I passed by and saw you squirming in your own blood. You were covered with blood, but I wouldn't let you die.

The LORD says to his people, "I have always loved you." But they reply, "How have you shown your love for us?" The LORD answers, "Esau and Jacob were brothers, but I have loved Jacob and his descendants,

Then you must tell him that I, the LORD, say, 'Israel is my first-born son.

where he stayed until Herod died. This was done to make come true what the Lord had said through the prophet, "I called my Son out of Egypt."