Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; I remember thee, the (a) kindness of thy youth, the love of thy espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, (b) in a land [that was] not sown.
(a) According to that grace and favour which I showed you from the beginning, when I first chose you to be my people, and married you to myself, (Ezekiel 16:8).
(b) When I had delivered you out of Egypt.