10 (A)They shall go after the Lord;
    (B)he will roar like a lion;
when he roars,
    his children shall come trembling (C)from the west;
11 they shall come trembling like birds (D)from Egypt,
    and (E)like doves (F)from the land of Assyria,
    and I will return them to their homes, declares the Lord.

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10     They will go after Yahweh;
        he roars like a lion.
When he roars,
    his children will come trembling
        from the sea.[a]
11 They will tremble like birds[b] from Egypt,
    and like doves[c] from the land of Assyria;
and I will let them return[d] to their homes—
    a declaration of Yahweh.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 11:10 That is, “the West”
  2. Hosea 11:11 Hebrew “bird”
  3. Hosea 11:11 Hebrew “dove”
  4. Hosea 11:11 Hebrew “I will cause them to live”