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I led them with ropes,[a]
    but they were ropes of love.
I was like a person who set them free.[b]
    I bent down and fed them.

“The Israelites will not go back to Egypt. The king of Assyria will become their king, because they refused to turn back to God. The sword will swing against their cities and kill their strong men. It will destroy their leaders.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 11:4 ropes The Hebrew says, “ropes of a man.”
  2. Hosea 11:4 set them free Literally, “lifted the yoke from their jaws.”

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