Book of Hosea, Chapter 11
Chapter 11 of Hosea
and out of Egypt I called my son.
the more they went from me;[b]
they kept sacrificing to the Ba′als,
and burning incense to idols.
I took them up in my[c] arms;
but they did not know that I healed them.
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.
and Assyria shall be their king,
because they have refused to return to me.
consume the bars of their gates,
and devour them in their fortresses.[e]
so they are appointed to the yoke,
and none shall remove it.
How can I hand you over, O Israel!
How can I make you like Admah!
How can I treat you like Zeboi′im!
My heart recoils within me,
my compassion grows warm and tender.
I will not again destroy E′phraim;
for I am God and not man,
the Holy One in your midst,
and I will not come to destroy.[g]
he will roar like a lion;
yea, he will roar,
and his sons shall come trembling from the west;
and like doves from the land of Assyria;
and I will return them to their homes, says the LORD.
and the house of Israel with deceit;
but Judah is still known by[i] God,
and is faithful to the Holy One.FOOTNOTES
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