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Hosea 11:1-7
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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.
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.

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  1. Hosea 11:2 Gk.; Heb. they.
  2. Hosea 11:2 Gk.; Heb. them.
  3. Hosea 11:3 Gk. Syr. Vulg.; Heb. his.
  4. Hosea 11:4 Heb. cords of a man.
  5. Hosea 11:4 Or jaws.
  6. Hosea 11:5 So LXX. Heb. He not will return.
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Hosea 11:1-7
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.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 11:3 Hebrew he took them on his arms.
  2. Hosea 11:6 Or, rage against
  3. Hosea 11:7 Or, lift himself up
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