Exodus 4:22

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22 Then you shall say to Pharaoh, ‘Thus says Yahweh, “^aIsrael is My son, My firstborn.

Deuteronomy 32:6

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Do you thus ^arepay Yahweh,

^bO people who are wickedly foolish and without wisdom?

^cIs not He your Father who has bought you?

^dHe has made you and established you.

Isaiah 1:2

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^aHear, O heavens, and give ear, O ^bearth;

For ¹Yahweh speaks,

“^cSons I have reared and raised up,

But they have ^dtransgressed against Me.

Jeremiah 31:9

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^aWith weeping they will come,

And by supplication I will lead them;

I will make them walk by ^bstreams of waters,

On a straight path in which they will ^cnot stumble;

For I am a ^dfather to Israel,

And Ephraim is ^eMy firstborn.”

Hosea 11:1

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The Beloved Son

When Israel was a youth I loved him,

And ^aout of Egypt I ^bcalled My son.

Malachi 1:6

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The Priests Defile Yahweh

6 “‘A son ^ahonors his father, and a slave his master. Then if I am a ^bfather, where is My honor? And if I am a master, where is the fear of Me?’ says Yahweh of hosts to you, O ^cpriests who despise My name. But you say, ‘How have we despised Your name?’