Jeremiah 2:1-3

Thomson(i) 1 Then he said, Thus saith the Lord, 2 I remembered mercy in thy youth; and love, in thy mature age, 3 that thou mightest follow the Holy Israel, saith the Lord. The Holy Israel is to the Lord the chief of his productions, all that devour him shall be guilty of trespass: evils shall come upon them, saith the Lord.