Hosea 11:1-7
Modern English Version
God’s Love for Israel
11 When Israel was a child, I loved him,
and out of Egypt I called My son.
2 As I[a] called them,
so they went from Me.[b]
They sacrificed to the Baals
and burned incense to idols.
3 I taught Ephraim to walk,
taking them up in My[c] arms,
but they did not know
that I healed them.
4 I drew them with cords of human kindness,[d]
with bands of love.
I was to them as those who ease the yoke on their neck,[e]
and I bent down and fed them.
5 He will return[f] to the land of Egypt,
and Assyria will be his king,
because they refused to return to Me.
6 The sword slashes in their cities,
consumes their oracle-priests,
and devours because of their own counsels.
7 My people are bent on backsliding from Me.
Though they called to the Most High,
none at all exalt Him.
Footnotes
- Hosea 11:2 Gk.; Heb. they.
- Hosea 11:2 Gk.; Heb. them.
- Hosea 11:3 Gk. Syr. Vulg.; Heb. his.
- Hosea 11:4 Heb. cords of a man.
- Hosea 11:4 Or jaws.
- Hosea 11:5 So LXX. Heb. He not will return.
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