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      Hosea

      Hosea

      Chapter 11 of 14

      Hosea 11 (Listen)

      The Lord’s Love for Israel

      11:1   When Israel was a child, I loved him,
          and out of Egypt I called my son.
      2   The more they were called,
          the more they went away;
        they kept sacrificing to the Baals
          and burning offerings to idols.
      3   Yet it was I who taught Ephraim to walk;
          I took them up by their arms,
          but they did not know that I healed them.
      4   I led them with cords of kindness,1
          with the bands of love,
        and I became to them as one who eases the yoke on their jaws,
          and I bent down to them and fed them.
      5   They shall not2 return to the land of Egypt,
          but Assyria shall be their king,
          because they have refused to return to me.
      6   The sword shall rage against their cities,
          consume the bars of their gates,
          and devour them because of their own counsels.
      7   My people are bent on turning away from me,
          and though they call out to the Most High,
          he shall not raise them up at all.
      8   How can I give you up, O Ephraim?
          How can I hand you over, O Israel?
        How can I make you like Admah?
          How can I treat you like Zeboiim?
        My heart recoils within me;
          my compassion grows warm and tender.
      9   I will not execute my burning anger;
          I will not again destroy Ephraim;
        for I am God and not a man,
          the Holy One in your midst,
          and I will not come in wrath.3
      10   They shall go after the LORD;
          he will roar like a lion;
        when he roars,
          his children shall come trembling from the west;
      11   they shall come trembling like birds from Egypt,
          and like doves from the land of Assyria,
          and I will return them to their homes, declares the LORD.
      12   4 Ephraim has surrounded me with lies,
          and the house of Israel with deceit,
        but Judah still walks with God
          and is faithful to the Holy One.

      Hosea - 11:4 Or humaneness; Hebrew man
      Hosea - 11:5 Or surely
      Hosea - 11:9 Or into the city
      Hosea - 11:12 Ch 12:1 in Hebrew

      Hosea

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      Hosea

      Hosea
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