Hosea 11:1-4

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The Lord's Love for Israel

11 ^(A)When Israel was a child, ^(B)I loved him,
    and out of Egypt I ^(C)called ^(D)my son.
²^(E)The more they were called,
    the more they went away;
^(F)they kept sacrificing to the Baals
    and burning offerings to idols.

³Yet it was ^(G)I who taught Ephraim to walk;
    I took them up by their arms,
    but they did not know that ^(H)I healed them.
⁴^(I)I led them with cords of kindness,^[a]
    with the bands of love,
and ^(J)I became to them as one who eases the yoke on their jaws,
    and ^(K)I bent down to them and fed them.

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Footnotes

Hosea 11:4 Or humaneness; Hebrew man

Hosea 11:8-9

English Standard Version

⁸How can I give you up, O Ephraim?
    How can I hand you over, O Israel?
^(A)How can I make you ^(B)like Admah?
    How can I treat you ^(C)like Zeboiim?
^(D)My heart recoils within me;
    my compassion grows warm and tender.
⁹I will not execute my burning anger;
    I will not again destroy Ephraim;
^(E)for I am God and not a man,
    ^(F)the Holy One in your midst,
    and I will not come in wrath.^[a]