Hosea 11

New American Standard Bible

God Yearns over His People

11 When Israel was a youth I loved him,
And ^(A)out of Egypt I ^(B)called My son.
²The more ^[a]^(C)they called them,
The more they went away from ^[b]them;
They kept ^(D)sacrificing to the Baals
And ^(E)burning incense to idols.
³Yet it is I who taught Ephraim to walk,
^[c]I ^(F)took them in My arms;
But they did not know that I ^(G)healed them.
⁴I ^(H)pulled them along with cords of a man, with ropes of love,
And ^(I)I became to them as one who lifts the yoke from their jaws;
And I bent down and ^(J)fed them.

⁵^[d]They will not return to the land of Egypt;
But Assyria—he will be ^[e]their king
Because they ^(K)refused to return to Me.
⁶And the ^(L)sword will whirl against ^[f]their cities,
And will destroy ^[g]their oracle priests
And ^(M)consume them, because of their ^(N)counsels.
⁷So My people are determined to ^(O)turn from Me.
Though ^[h]they call ^[i]them to the One on high,
None at all exalts Him.

⁸^(P)How can I give you up, Ephraim?
How can I surrender you, Israel?
How can I ^[j]make you like ^(Q)Admah?
How can I treat you like ^(R)Zeboiim?
My heart is turned over within Me,
^[k]All My compassions are kindled.
⁹I will ^(S)not carry out My fierce anger;
I will not destroy Ephraim ^(T)again.
For ^(U)I am God and not a man, the ^(V)Holy One in your midst,
And I will not come in ^[l]wrath.
¹⁰They will ^(W)walk after the Lord,
He will ^(X)roar like a lion;
Indeed He will roar,
And His sons will come ^(Y)trembling from the west.
¹¹They will come trembling like birds from ^(Z)Egypt,
And like ^(AA)doves from the land of ^(AB)Assyria;
And I will ^(AC)settle them in their houses, declares the Lord.

¹²^[m]Ephraim surrounds Me with ^(AD)lies
And the house of Israel with deceit;
^[n]Judah is still unruly against God,
Even against the Holy One who is faithful.

Footnotes

Hosea 11:2 I.e., God’s prophets
Hosea 11:2 I.e., God’s prophets
Hosea 11:3 As in ancient versions; MT He...His
Hosea 11:5 Lit He
Hosea 11:5 Lit his
Hosea 11:6 Lit his
Hosea 11:6 Lit his
Hosea 11:7 I.e., God’s prophets
Hosea 11:7 Lit him; i.e., Israel
Hosea 11:8 Lit give
Hosea 11:8 Lit Together
Hosea 11:9 Lit agitation
Hosea 11:12 Ch 12:1 in Heb
Hosea 11:12 Or But Judah still goes about with God, even with

Psalm 132-134

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Prayer for the Lord’s Blessing upon the Sanctuary.

A Song of Ascents.

132 Remember, Lord, in David’s behalf,
All ^(A)his affliction;
²How he swore to the Lord
And vowed to ^(B)the Mighty One of Jacob,
³“I certainly will not ^[a]enter ^(C)my house,
Nor ^[b]lie on my bed;
⁴I will not ^(D)give sleep to my eyes
Or slumber to my eyelids,
⁵Until I find a ^(E)place for the Lord,
^[c]A dwelling place for ^(F)the Mighty One of Jacob.”

⁶Behold, we heard about it in ^(G)Ephrathah,
We found it in the ^(H)field of ^[d]Jaar.
⁷Let’s go into His ^[e]^(I)dwelling place;
Let’s ^(J)worship at His ^(K)footstool.
⁸^(L)Arise, Lord, to Your ^(M)resting place,
You and the ark of Your ^(N)strength.
⁹May Your priests be ^(O)clothed with righteousness,
And may Your ^(P)godly ones sing for joy.

¹⁰For the sake of Your servant David,
Do not turn away the face of Your ^(Q)anointed.
¹¹The Lord has ^(R)sworn to David
A truth from which He will not turn back:
“I will set upon your throne one ^(S)from the fruit of your body.
¹²If your sons will keep My covenant
And My testimony which I will teach them,
Their sons also will ^(T)sit upon your throne forever.”

¹³For the Lord has ^(U)chosen Zion;
He has ^(V)desired it as His dwelling place.
¹⁴“This is My ^(W)resting place forever;
Here I will ^(X)dwell, for I have desired it.
¹⁵I will abundantly ^(Y)bless her food;
I will ^(Z)satisfy her needy with bread.
¹⁶I will also clothe her ^(AA)priests with salvation,
And her ^(AB)godly ones will sing aloud for joy.
¹⁷I will make the ^(AC)horn of David spring forth there;
I have prepared a ^(AD)lamp for My anointed.
¹⁸I will ^(AE)clothe his enemies with shame,
But upon himself his ^(AF)crown will gleam.”

The Excellency of Brotherly Unity.

A Song of Ascents, of David.

133 Behold, how good and how pleasant it is
For ^(AG)brothers to live together in unity!
²It is like the precious ^(AH)oil on the head,
Running down upon the beard,
As on Aaron’s beard,
The oil which ran down upon the ^(AI)edge of his robes.
³It is like the ^(AJ)dew of ^(AK)Hermon
Coming down upon the ^(AL)mountains of Zion;
For the Lord ^(AM)commanded the blessing there—^(AN)life forever.

Greetings of Night Watchers.

A Song of Ascents.

134 Behold, ^(AO)bless the Lord, all you ^(AP)servants of the Lord,
Who ^[f]^(AQ)serve ^(AR)by night in the house of the Lord!
²^(AS)Lift up your hands to the ^(AT)sanctuary
And bless the Lord.
³May the Lord ^(AU)bless you from Zion,
He who ^(AV)made heaven and earth.