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Reversal of the Exodus: Return to Egypt and Exile in Assyria

11 “When Israel was a young man, I loved him like a son,[a]
and I summoned my son[b] out of Egypt.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 11:1 tn The words “like a son” are not in the Hebrew text but are necessary to clarify what sort of love is intended (cf. also NLT).
  2. Hosea 11:1 tc The MT reads בְנִי (veni, “my son”); however, the LXX reflects בָנָיו (vanayv, “his sons”). The MT should be retained as original here because of internal evidence; it is much more appropriate to the context.