Moses exclaimed in Deuteronomy 4:37, ???He loved your forefathers??? and in Deuteronomy 23:5, ???God loves you.??? God???s version spoken by the prophets Jeremiah, Hosea and Malachi was more heartfelt and personal: ???I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with loving-kindness??? (Jer 31:3) , ???When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son??? (Hos 11: