Hosea 11:2-4

Living Bible

² But the more I called to him, the more he rebelled, sacrificing to Baal and burning incense to idols. ³ I trained him from infancy, I taught him to walk, I held him in my arms. But he doesn’t know or even care that it was I who raised him.

⁴ “As a man would lead his favorite ox,^[a] so I led Israel with my ropes of love. I loosened his muzzle so he could eat. I myself have stooped and fed him.