Hosea 11:1-7
Lexham English Bible
God Will Have Compassion
11 When Israel was a child, I loved him,
and out of Egypt I called my son.
2 When I called[a] them, they went from my face.[b]
They sacrificed to the Baals, and they sacrificed to idols.
3 And I myself taught Ephraim to walk;
I took them[c] in my[d] arms,
but they did not know that I healed them.
4 I drew them with human ties,[e]
with the bands of love.
I was to them like one who lifted up[f] a yoke on their jaws,[g]
though I bent down to them[h] and let them[i] eat.
5 He will return[j] to the land of Egypt,
and Assyria will be his king,[k]
because they refused to return.
6 The sword rages in his cities;
it consumes his false prophets
and devours because of their plans.
7 My people are bent on backsliding from me.
To the Most High they call,
he does not raise them at all.
Footnotes
- Hosea 11:2 Hebrew “When they called”; the LXX and modern translations read “When I called”
- Hosea 11:2 Hebrew “their face”
- Hosea 11:3 Hebrew uncertain
- Hosea 11:3 Hebrew “his”
- Hosea 11:4 Literally “ropes of a human”
- Hosea 11:4 Or “like one who imposed”
- Hosea 11:4 Or “infants to their cheeks”
- Hosea 11:4 Hebrew “him”
- Hosea 11:4 Hebrew “him”
- Hosea 11:5 Or “They will not return”
- Hosea 11:5 That is “Israel’s king”
Hosea 11:1-7
English Standard Version
The Lord's Love for Israel
11 (A)When Israel was a child, (B)I loved him,
and out of Egypt I (C)called (D)my son.
2 (E)The more they were called,
the more they went away;
(F)they kept sacrificing to the Baals
and burning offerings to idols.
3 Yet it was (G)I who taught Ephraim to walk;
I took them up by their arms,
but they did not know that (H)I healed them.
4 (I)I led them with cords of kindness,[a]
with the bands of love,
and (J)I became to them as one who eases the yoke on their jaws,
and (K)I bent down to them and fed them.
5 (L)They shall not[b] return to the land of Egypt,
but (M)Assyria shall be their king,
(N)because (O)they have refused to return to me.
6 (P)The sword shall rage against their cities,
consume the bars of their gates,
and devour them (Q)because of their own counsels.
7 My people are bent (R)on turning away from me,
and though (S)they call out to the Most High,
he shall not raise them up at all.
Footnotes
- Hosea 11:4 Or humaneness; Hebrew man
- Hosea 11:5 Or surely
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