Medinat Yisrael Is Born
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And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you
a God: and ye shall know that I am the Lord your God, which
bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.
And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning the which
I did swear to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and
I will give it to you for an heritage. . . .2
Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot. . . . the whole land is made
desolate, because no man layeth it to heart. . . . They have
sown wheat, hut shall reap thorns: they have put themselves
to pain, but shall not profit. . . .
Thus saith the Lord against all mine evil neighbors, that
touch the inheritance which I have caused my people Israel
to inherit. . . .3
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Exodus vi.
Jeremiah xii.