The LORD appeared to us in the past, saying: "I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have drawn you with loving devotion. Cross References John 6:44 "No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him, and I will raise him up at the last day. Deuteronomy 4:37 Because He loved your fathers, He chose their descendants after them and brought you out of Egypt by His presence and great power, Deuteronomy 7:8 But because the LORD loved you and kept the oath He swore to your fathers, He brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. Psalm 25:6 Remember, O LORD, Your compassion and loving devotion, for they are from age to age. Hosea 11:4 I led them with cords of kindness, with ropes of love; I lifted the yoke from their necks and bent down to feed them. Malachi 1:2 "I have loved you," says the LORD. But you ask, "How have You loved us?" "Was not Esau Jacob's brother?" declares the LORD. "Yet Jacob I have loved, Treasury of Scripture The LORD has appeared of old to me, saying, Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love: therefore with loving kindness have I drawn you. of old. Deuteronomy 7:7-9 Deuteronomy 10:15 Deuteronomy 33:3,26 an. Psalm 103:17 Isaiah 45:17 Isaiah 54:8,9 with loving-kindness have I drawn. Song of Solomon 1:4 Hosea 11:4 John 6:44,45 |