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God’s Love for Israel

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

The more I called to them,
    the more they went away from me.[a]
    They kept sacrificing to the Baals
    and burning incense to idols.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 11:2 A variant reading is the more they called them, the more they went away from them.

God’s Love for Israel

11 “When Israel was a child,(A) I loved(B) him,
    and out of Egypt I called my son.(C)
But the more they were called,
    the more they went away from me.[a](D)
They sacrificed to the Baals(E)
    and they burned incense to images.(F)

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 11:2 Septuagint; Hebrew them