You shall tell Pharaoh, 'The LORD says, Israel is my son, my firstborn,

Hear, heavens,and listen, earth; for The LORD has spoken:"I have nourished and brought up children,and they have rebelled against me.

"A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If I am a father, then where is my honor? And if I am a master, where is the respect due me? Says the LORD of Hosts to you, priests, who despise my name. You say, 'How have we despised your name?'