TSK · Isaiah 63:16

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

Is this how you repay the LORD, you foolish, unwise people? Is he not your father, your Creator? He has made you and established you.

If his sons are honored, he does not know it; if they are brought low, he does not see it.

Don’t be afraid, despised insignificant Jacob, men of Israel. I am helping you,” says the LORD, your protector, the Holy One of Israel.

The Absurdity of Idolatry This is what the LORD, Israel’s king, says, their protector, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies:“I am the first and I am the last, there is no God but me.

For your husband is the one who made you– the LORD of Heaven’s Armies is his name. He is your protector, the Holy One of Israel. He is called“God of the entire earth.”

No one invokes your name, or makes an effort to take hold of you. For you have rejected us and handed us over to our own sins.

“I thought to myself,‘Oh what a joy it would be for me to treat you like a son! What a joy it would be for me to give you a pleasant land, the most beautiful piece of property there is in all the world!’ I thought you would call me,‘Father’ and would never cease being loyal to me.

They will come back shedding tears of contrition. I will bring them back praying prayers of repentance. I will lead them besides streams of water, along smooth paths where they will never stumble. I will do this because I am Israel’s father; Ephraim is my firstborn son.’”

The Rebellion of the People Do we not all have one father? Did not one God create us? Why do we betray one another, in this way making light of the covenant of our ancestors?

You know that from your empty way of life inherited from your ancestors you were ransomed– not by perishable things like silver or gold,