With the ropes of earthling man I kept drawing them, with the cords of love, so that I became to them as those lifting off a yoke on their jaws, and gently I brought food to each one. ” Here Israel is compared to a small child.
मानवी बंधनांनी, प्रेमरज्जूंनी, मी त्यांस ओढिले; बैलाच्या गळ्यातले जोते सैल करणाऱ्‍यासारखा मी त्यांस झालो; त्यांस मी ममतेने खाऊ घातले. ”