Hosea 11
Lexham English Bible
God Will Have Compassion
11 When Israel was a child, I loved him,
and out of Egypt I called my son.
2 When I called[a] them, they went from my face.[b]
They sacrificed to the Baals, and they sacrificed to idols.
3 And I myself taught Ephraim to walk;
I took them[c] in my[d] arms,
but they did not know that I healed them.
4 I drew them with human ties,[e]
with the bands of love.
I was to them like one who lifted up[f] a yoke on their jaws,[g]
though I bent down to them[h] and let them[i] eat.
5 He will return[j] to the land of Egypt,
and Assyria will be his king,[k]
because they refused to return.
6 The sword rages in his cities;
it consumes his false prophets
and devours because of their plans.
7 My people are bent on backsliding from me.
To the Most High they call,
he does not raise them at all.
8 How can I give you up, O 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 is disturbed[l] within me;
all[m] my compassions are aroused.
9 I will not execute[n] my fierce anger,[o]
I will not again destroy Ephraim;
because I am God
and not a mortal,[p]
the Holy One in your midst;
and I will not come in wrath.
10 They will go after Yahweh;
he roars like a lion.
When he roars,
his children will come trembling
from the sea.[q]
11 They will tremble like birds[r] from Egypt,
and like doves[s] from the land of Assyria;
and I will let them return[t] to their homes—
a declaration of Yahweh.
Israel’s History
12 [u] Ephraim has surrounded me with lies,[v]
and the house of Israel with deceit;
and Judah is still wandering with God
and is faithful to the Holy One.
Footnotes
- Hosea 11:2 Hebrew “When they called”; the LXX and modern translations read “When I called”
- Hosea 11:2 Hebrew “their face”
- Hosea 11:3 Hebrew uncertain
- Hosea 11:3 Hebrew “his”
- Hosea 11:4 Literally “ropes of a human”
- Hosea 11:4 Or “like one who imposed”
- Hosea 11:4 Or “infants to their cheeks”
- Hosea 11:4 Hebrew “him”
- Hosea 11:4 Hebrew “him”
- Hosea 11:5 Or “They will not return”
- Hosea 11:5 That is “Israel’s king”
- Hosea 11:8 Or “My heart is overturned”
- Hosea 11:8 Literally “together”
- Hosea 11:9 Literally “I will not do”
- Hosea 11:9 Literally “the anger of my nose”
- Hosea 11:9 Or “human”
- Hosea 11:10 That is, “the West”
- Hosea 11:11 Hebrew “bird”
- Hosea 11:11 Hebrew “dove”
- Hosea 11:11 Hebrew “I will cause them to live”
- Hosea 11:12 Hosea 11:12–12:14 in the English Bible is 12:1–15 in the Hebrew Bible
- Hosea 11:12 Hebrew “lie”
Hosea 11
American Standard Version
11 When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt. 2 The more the prophets called them, the more they went from them: they sacrificed unto the Baalim, and burned incense to graven images. 3 Yet I taught Ephraim to walk; [a]I took them on my arms; but they knew not that I healed them. 4 I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love; and I was to them as they that lift up the yoke on their jaws; and I laid food before them.
5 They shall not return into the land of Egypt; but the Assyrian shall be their king, because they refused to return to me. 6 And the sword shall [b]fall upon their cities, and shall consume their bars, and devour them, because of their own counsels. 7 And my people are bent on backsliding from me: though they call them to him that is on high, none at all will [c]exalt him.
8 How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I cast thee off, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? how shall I set thee as Zeboiim? my heart is turned within me, my compassions are kindled together. 9 I will not execute the fierceness of mine anger, I will not return to destroy Ephraim: for I am God, and not man; the Holy One in the midst of thee; and I will not [d]come in wrath. 10 They shall walk after Jehovah, who will roar like a lion; for he will roar, and the children shall come trembling from the west. 11 They shall come trembling as a bird out of Egypt, and as a dove out of the land of Assyria; and I will make them to dwell in their houses, saith Jehovah.
12 Ephraim compasseth me about with falsehood, and the house of Israel with deceit; [e]but Judah yet ruleth with God, and is faithful with the Holy One.
Footnotes
- Hosea 11:3 Hebrew he took them on his arms.
- Hosea 11:6 Or, rage against
- Hosea 11:7 Or, lift himself up
- Hosea 11:9 Or, enter into the city
- Hosea 11:12 Or, and Judah is yet unstedfast with God, and with the Holy One who is faithful
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