“Yahweh said.
‘Surely they are my people.
Children will not deal falsely.’
He became their Savior
In all their distress.
It was no messenger.
It was no angel.
But it was his presence that saved them.
In his love,
In his pity,
He redeemed them.
He lifted them up.
He carried them
All the days of old.
But they rebelled.
They grieved his Holy Spirit.
Therefore he became their enemy.
He himself fought against them.”
Yahweh responded that surely his people and children would not respond falsely. He was their savior in times of distress. He did not merely send a messenger or an angel. It was his very presence that saved them. He showed them love and pity as he redeemed them. He lifted them up and carried them away as in the good old days. However, they rebelled against him as they saddened the Holy Spirit. They became his enemy so that Yahweh had to fight against them.
Eugene Finnegan Bible Project 