KJV ORIGINALWhen Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLEWhen Israel was just a kid, I already loved them deeply, and I'm the one who brought my son out of Egypt.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINEGod's love started before you even knew you needed it.
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1 Chronicles 11:2
Even in the past, when Saul was still king, you were the one who led Israel's armies out to battle and brought them safely home. And the LORD your God told you, 'You will shepherd my people Israel, and you will be their ruler.'
Isaiah 9:1
But the darkness and suffering won't last forever like it did during those troubled times. At first, God brought light punishment to the lands of Zebulun and Naphtali, but later he brought much heavier suffering to the region by the sea, beyond the Jordan River, in Galilee where many nations lived.
Isaiah 56:8
The Lord God, who brings together Israel's scattered and rejected people, says, 'I will gather even more people to him, in addition to those I have already brought together.'
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