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God’s Compassion Despite Israel’s Ingratitude

11 When Israel was a child, I loved him,
    and out of Egypt I called my son.

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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.
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.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 11:3 Gk Syr Vg: Heb his
  2. Hosea 11:4 Or who ease the yoke on their jaws

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.
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]

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 11:9 Meaning of Heb uncertain

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