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Hosea, Chapter 11

¹ And out of Egypt I called My son.

Hos 2:15 Hos 12:9 Hos 12:13 Hos 13:4 Exo 4:22 Exo 4:23 Mat 2:15

² When Israel was a youth I loved him,
² The more^athey called them,
The more they went from^bthem;
They kept sacrificing to the Baals
And burning incense to idols.
³ Yet it is I who taught Ephraim to walk,
^cI took them in My arms;
But they did not know that I healed them.
⁴ I led them with cords of a man, with bonds of love,
And I became to them as one who lifts the yoke from their jaws;
And I bent down and fed them.
⁵ ^dThey will not return to the land of Egypt;
But Assyria—he will be^etheir king
Because they refused to return to Me.
⁶ The sword will whirl against^ftheir cities,
And will demolish^gtheir gate bars
And consume them because of their counsels.
⁷ So My people are bent on turning from Me.
Though^hthey callⁱthem to the One on high,
None at all exalts Him.
⁸ How can I give you up, O Ephraim?
How can I surrender you, O Israel?
How can I^jmake you like Admah?
How can I treat you like Zeboiim?
My heart is turned over within Me,
^kAll My compassions are kindled.
⁹ I will not execute My fierce anger;
I will not destroy Ephraim again.
For I am God and not man, the Holy One in your midst,
And I will not come in^lwrath.
¹⁰ They will walk after the LORD,
He will roar like a lion;
Indeed He will roar
And His sons will come trembling from the west.
¹¹ They will come trembling like birds from Egypt
And like doves from the land of Assyria;
And I will settle them in their houses, declares the LORD.
¹² ^mEphraim surrounds Me with lies
And the house of Israel with deceit;
Judah is also unruly against God,
Even against the Holy One who is faithful.


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