Hosea 11:1
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
God’s Compassion Despite Israel’s Ingratitude
11 When Israel was a child, I loved him,
and out of Egypt I called my son.
Hosea 11:3-4
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
3 Yet it was I who taught Ephraim to walk,
I took them up in my[a] arms;
but they did not know that I healed them.
4 I led them with cords of human kindness,
with bands of love.
I was to them like those
who lift infants to their cheeks.[b]
I bent down to them and fed them.
Footnotes
- Hosea 11:3 Gk Syr Vg: Heb his
- Hosea 11:4 Or who ease the yoke on their jaws
Hosea 11:8-9
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
8 How can I give you up, Ephraim?
How can I hand you over, O Israel?
How can I make you like Admah?
How can I treat you like Zeboiim?
My heart recoils within me;
my compassion grows warm and tender.
9 I will not execute my fierce anger;
I will not again destroy Ephraim;
for I am God and no mortal,
the Holy One in your midst,
and I will not come in wrath.[a]
Footnotes
- Hosea 11:9 Meaning of Heb uncertain
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