37 Because He loved(A) your fathers, He chose their descendants after them and brought you out of Egypt by His presence and great power,

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37 Because he loved(A) your ancestors and chose their descendants after them, he brought you out of Egypt by his Presence and his great strength,(B)

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For you are a holy people(A) belonging to the Lord your God. The Lord your God has chosen you to be His own possession(B) out of all the peoples on the face of the earth.

“The Lord was devoted to you and chose you, not because you were more numerous than all peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples. But because the Lord loved(C) you and kept the oath He swore to your fathers, He brought you out with a strong hand and redeemed(D) you from the place of slavery, from the power of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

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For you are a people holy(A) to the Lord your God.(B) The Lord your God has chosen(C) you out of all the peoples on the face of the earth to be his people, his treasured possession.(D)

The Lord did not set his affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous(E) than other peoples, for you were the fewest(F) of all peoples.(G) But it was because the Lord loved(H) you and kept the oath he swore(I) to your ancestors that he brought you out with a mighty hand(J) and redeemed(K) you from the land of slavery,(L) from the power of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

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14 The heavens, indeed the highest heavens, belong to the Lord your God, as does the earth and everything in it. 15 Yet the Lord was devoted to your fathers and loved them.(A) He chose their descendants after them—He chose you out of all the peoples, as it is today.

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14 To the Lord your God belong the heavens,(A) even the highest heavens,(B) the earth and everything in it.(C) 15 Yet the Lord set his affection on your ancestors and loved(D) them, and he chose you,(E) their descendants, above all the nations—as it is today.(F)

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68 He chose instead the tribe of Judah,
Mount Zion, which He loved.(A)

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68 but he chose the tribe of Judah,(A)
    Mount Zion,(B) which he loved.

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But you, Israel, My servant,(A)
Jacob, whom I have chosen,(B)
descendant of Abraham, My friend(C)

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“But you, Israel, my servant,(A)
    Jacob, whom I have chosen,(B)
    you descendants of Abraham(C) my friend,(D)

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I have known only you(A)
out of all the clans of the earth;
therefore, I will punish you for all your iniquities.(B)

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“You only have I chosen(A)
    of all the families of the earth;
therefore I will punish(B) you
    for all your sins.(C)

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“I have loved you,”(A) says the Lord.

But you ask: “How have You loved us?”

“Wasn’t Esau Jacob’s brother?”(B) This is the Lord’s declaration. “Even so, I loved Jacob,

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Israel Doubts God’s Love

“I have loved(A) you,” says the Lord.

“But you ask,(B) ‘How have you loved us?’

“Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the Lord. “Yet I have loved Jacob,(C)

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