Hosea 11:3-4
New King James Version
3 “I(A) taught Ephraim to walk,
Taking them by [a]their arms;
But they did not know that (B)I healed them.
4 I drew them with [b]gentle cords,
With bands of love,
And (C)I was to them as those who take the yoke from their [c]neck.
(D)I stooped and fed them.
Footnotes
- Hosea 11:3 Some Heb. mss., LXX, Syr., Vg. My arms
- Hosea 11:4 Lit. cords of a man
- Hosea 11:4 Lit. jaws
Romans 8:15
New King James Version
15 For (A)you did not receive the spirit of bondage again (B)to fear, but you received the (C)Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, (D)“Abba,[a] Father.”
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- Romans 8:15 Lit., in Aram., Father
Jeremiah 31:9
New King James Version
9 (A)They shall come with weeping,
And with supplications I will lead them.
I will cause them to walk (B)by the rivers of waters,
In a straight way in which they shall not stumble;
For I am a Father to Israel,
And Ephraim is My (C)firstborn.
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