² Hear me, you heavens! Listen, earth!^(A)
    For the Lord has spoken:^(B)
“I reared children^(C) and brought them up,
    but they have rebelled^(D) against me.

² look to Abraham,^(A) your father,
    and to Sarah, who gave you birth.
When I called him he was only one man,
    and I blessed him and made him many.^(B)

⁸ He said, “Surely they are my people,^(A)
    children who will be true to me”;
    and so he became their Savior.^(B)