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“Go and proclaim in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, ‘The LORD says, “I remember for you the kindness of your youth, your love as a bride, how you went after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.
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Verse 2. Espousals. He speaks ironically. Theod.—Yet the Israelites at first shewed greater proofs of love than they did afterwards. It is true they often prevaricated, in the wilderness. Exodus 32:1. Amos 5:25. Psalms 77. and so forth Calmet.—The Lord declares his gratuitous love, and then upbraids his people. Bible.—He had caused them to multiply in Egypt, and gratuitously made choice of them. Worthington.
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