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责其辜负主恩

11 以色列年幼的时候,我爱他,就从埃及召出我的儿子来。 先知越发招呼他们,他们越发走开,向诸巴力献祭,给雕刻的偶像烧香。 我原教导以法莲行走,用膀臂抱着他们,他们却不知道是我医治他们。 我用慈[a]绳爱索牵引他们,我待他们如人放松牛的两腮夹板,把粮食放在他们面前。

必遭重罚

“他们必不归回埃及地,亚述人却要做他们的王,因他们不肯归向我。 刀剑必临到他们的城邑,毁坏门闩,把人吞灭,都因他们随从自己的计谋。 我的民偏要背道离开我,众先知虽然招呼他们归向至上的主,却无人尊崇主。

仍施矜恤

以法莲哪,我怎能舍弃你?以色列啊,我怎能弃绝你?我怎能使你如押玛?怎能使你如洗扁?我回心转意,我的怜爱大大发动。 我必不发猛烈的怒气,也不再毁灭以法莲,因我是神,并非世人,是你们中间的圣者,我必不在怒中临到你们。 10 耶和华必如狮子吼叫,子民必跟随他,他一吼叫,他们就从西方急速而来。 11 他们必如雀鸟从埃及急速而来,又如鸽子从亚述地来到,我必使他们住自己的房屋。这是耶和华说的。

12 以法莲用谎话,以色列家用诡计围绕我,犹大却靠神掌权,向圣者有忠心[b]

Footnotes

  1. 何西阿书 11:4 “慈”原文作“人的”。
  2. 何西阿书 11:12 或作:犹大向神,向诚实的圣者犹疑不定。

God’s Love for Israel

11 “When Israel was a child,(A) I loved(B) him,
    and out of Egypt I called my son.(C)
But the more they were called,
    the more they went away from me.[a](D)
They sacrificed to the Baals(E)
    and they burned incense to images.(F)
It was I who taught Ephraim to walk,
    taking them by the arms;(G)
but they did not realize
    it was I who healed(H) them.
I led them with cords of human kindness,
    with ties of love.(I)
To them I was like one who lifts
    a little child to the cheek,
    and I bent down to feed(J) them.(K)

“Will they not return to Egypt(L)
    and will not Assyria(M) rule over them
    because they refuse to repent?(N)
A sword(O) will flash in their cities;
    it will devour(P) their false prophets
    and put an end to their plans.
My people are determined to turn(Q) from me.(R)
    Even though they call me God Most High,
    I will by no means exalt them.

“How can I give you up,(S) Ephraim?(T)
    How can I hand you over, Israel?
How can I treat you like Admah?
    How can I make you like Zeboyim?(U)
My heart is changed within me;
    all my compassion(V) is aroused.(W)
I will not carry out my fierce anger,(X)
    nor will I devastate(Y) Ephraim again.
For I am God, and not a man(Z)
    the Holy One(AA) among you.
    I will not come against their cities.
10 They will follow the Lord;
    he will roar(AB) like a lion.(AC)
When he roars,
    his children will come trembling(AD) from the west.(AE)
11 They will come from Egypt,
    trembling like sparrows,
    from Assyria,(AF) fluttering like doves.(AG)
I will settle them in their homes,”(AH)
    declares the Lord.

Israel’s Sin

12 Ephraim has surrounded me with lies,(AI)
    Israel with deceit.
And Judah is unruly against God,
    even against the faithful(AJ) Holy One.[b](AK)

Footnotes

  1. Hosea 11:2 Septuagint; Hebrew them
  2. Hosea 11:12 In Hebrew texts this verse (11:12) is numbered 12:1.