Hosea 11:1
Reversal of the Exodus: Return to Egypt and Exile in Assyria
11:1 When Israel was a young man, I loved him like a son,
and I summoned my son out of Egypt.
Jeremiah 2:2
2:2 “Go and declare in the hearing of the people of Jerusalem:
‘This is what the
Lord says: “I have fond memories of you,
how devoted you were to me in your early years.
I remember how you loved me like a new bride; you followed me through the wilderness, through a land that had never been planted.
Ezekiel 16:8
16:8 “‘Then I passed by you and watched you, noticing that you had reached the age for love. I spread my cloak over you and covered your nakedness. I swore a solemn oath to you and entered into a marriage covenant with you, declares the sovereign Lord, and you became mine.
Ezekiel 16:22
16:22 And with all your abominable practices and prostitution you did not remember the days of your youth when you were naked and bare, kicking around in your blood.
Ezekiel 16:60
16:60 Yet I will remember the covenant I made with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish a lasting
covenant with you.