TSK · Hosea 11:1

You must say to Pharaoh,‘This is what the LORD has said,“Israel is my son, my firstborn,

The Basis of Israel’s Election It is not because you were more numerous than all the other peoples that the LORD favored and chose you– for in fact you were the least numerous of all peoples.

Since you are precious and special in my sight, and I love you, I will hand over people in place of you, nations in place of your life.

“‘I passed by you and saw you kicking around helplessly in your blood. I said to you as you lay there in your blood,“Live!” I said to you as you lay there in your blood,“Live!”

From there I will give back her vineyards to her, and turn the“Valley of Trouble” into an“Opportunity for Hope.” There she will sing as she did when she was young, when she came up from the land of Egypt.

The LORD brought Israel out of Egypt by a prophet, and due to a prophet Israel was preserved alive.

“I have shown love to you,” says the LORD, but you say,“How have you shown love to us?”“Esau was Jacob’s brother,” the LORD explains,“yet I chose Jacob