Exo 19:5-6, Deu 7:7-8, Psa 47:4, 147:19-20, Jer 31:3, Hos 11:1, Mal 1:2 | ESV | STEP | Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant , you shall be my treasured possession among all peoples , for all the earth is mine;

Exodus 19:5-6

5 Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be ^amy treasured possession among all peoples, for ^ball the earth is mine; 6 and you shall be to me a ^ckingdom of priests and ^da holy nation'. These are the words that you shall speak to the people of Israel.”

Deuteronomy 7:7-8

7 It was not because you were more in number than any other people that the Lord set his love on you and chose you, for you were the fewest of all peoples, 8 but ^eit is because the Lord loves you and is keeping ^fthe oath that he swore to your fathers, that the Lord has brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

Psalms 47:4

4 He chose our ^gheritage for us,
^hthe pride of Jacob whom he loves. Selah

Psalms 147:19-20

19 He declares his word to Jacob,
his ⁱstatutes and rules ^{▼▼Or and just decrees} to Israel.
20 He ^khas not dealt thus with any other nation;
they do not know his rules. ^{▼▼Or his just decrees}
^mPraise the Lord!

Jeremiah 31:3

3 the Lord appeared to him ^{▼▼Septuagint; Hebrew me} from far away.
^oI have loved you with an everlasting love;
therefore ^pI have continued ^qmy faithfulness to you.

Hosea 11:1

The Lord’s Love for Israel

1 ^rWhen Israel was a child, ^sI loved him,
and out of Egypt I ^tcalled ^umy son.

Malachi 1:2

The Lord’s Love for Israel

2 ^v“I have loved you,” says the Lord. ^wBut you say, “How have you loved us?” “Is not Esau ^xJacob’s brother?” declares the Lord. “Yet ^yI have loved Jacob