Hosea 11

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Hosea 11

The Lord ’s Love for Israel

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When Israel was a child, I loved him,^(A)
and out of Egypt I called My son.^(B)

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The more they^(a) called them,^(b)^(C)
the more they^(c) departed from Me.^(d)
They kept sacrificing to the Baals^(D)
and burning offerings to idols.^(E)

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It was I who taught Ephraim to walk,^(F)
taking them^(e) in My arms,^(G)
but they never knew that I healed them.^(H)

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I led them with human cords,
with ropes of love.^(I)
To them I was like one
who eases the yoke from their jaws;^(J)
I bent down to give them food.^(K)

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Israel will not return to the land of Egypt
and Assyria will be his king,^(L)
because they refused to repent.^(M)

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A sword will whirl through his cities;^(N)
it will destroy and devour the bars of his gates,^(f)^(O)
because of their schemes.^(P)

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My people are bent on turning from Me.^(Q)
Though they call to Him on high,
He will not exalt them at all.

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How can I give you up, Ephraim?^(R)
How can I surrender you, Israel?
How can I make you like Admah?^(S)
How can I treat you like Zeboiim?^(T)
I have had a change of heart;
My compassion is stirred!

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I will not vent the full fury of My anger;^(U)
I will not turn back to destroy Ephraim.^(V)
For I am God and not man,
the Holy One among you;^(W)
I will not come in rage.^(g)

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They will follow the Lord;^(X)
He will roar like a lion.^(Y)
When He roars,
His children will come trembling from the west.^(Z)

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They will be roused like birds from Egypt
and like doves^(AA) from the land of Assyria.^(AB)
Then I will settle them in their homes.^(AC)
This is the Lord’s declaration.

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^(h) Ephraim surrounds me with lies,^(AD)
the house of Israel, with deceit.
Judah still wanders with God
and is faithful to the holy ones.⁽ⁱ⁾^(j)

Footnotes:

a. Hosea 11:2: Perhaps the prophets

b. Hosea 11:2: Israel

c. Hosea 11:2: Israel

d. Hosea 11:2: LXX; MT reads them

e. Hosea 11:3: LXX, Syr, Vg; MT reads him

f. Hosea 11:6: Or devour his empty talkers, or devour his limbs; Hb obscure

g. Hosea 11:9: Or come into any city; Hb obscure

h. Hosea 11:12: Hs 12:1 in Hb

i. Hosea 11:12: Or to the Holy One; Hb obscure

j. Hosea 11:12: Possibly angels, or less likely, pagan gods or idols

Cross references:

A. Hosea 11:1: Deuteronomy 4:37; Deuteronomy 7:6-8; Deuteronomy 10:14-15; Psalm 78:68; Isaiah 41:8; Amos 3:2; Malachi 1:2

B. Hosea 11:1: Exodus 4:22-23; Deuteronomy 32:5-6; Deuteronomy 32:18-20; Psalm 103:13; Jeremiah 3:19; Matthew 2:15

C. Hosea 11:2: 2 Kings 17:13-15

D. Hosea 11:2: Hosea 2:13; Hosea 4:13

E. Hosea 11:2: Isaiah 65:7; Jeremiah 18:15

F. Hosea 11:3: Hosea 7:15

G. Hosea 11:3: Deuteronomy 1:31; Deuteronomy 32:10-11

H. Hosea 11:3: Exodus 15:26

I. Hosea 11:4: Jeremiah 31:2-3

J. Hosea 11:4: Hosea 10:11

K. Hosea 11:4: Exodus 16:32

L. Hosea 11:5: Hosea 7:16; Hosea 8:13; Hosea 9:3; Hosea 10:6

M. Hosea 11:5: Hosea 7:16

N. Hosea 11:6: Hosea 13:16

O. Hosea 11:6: Lamentations 2:9

P. Hosea 11:6: Hosea 4:16-17

Q. Hosea 11:7: Jeremiah 8:5

R. Hosea 11:8: Hosea 6:4; Hosea 7:1

S. Hosea 11:8: Genesis 14:8; Deuteronomy 29:23

T. Hosea 11:8: Genesis 14:2; Genesis 19:1-29; Deuteronomy 29:23

U. Hosea 11:9: Deuteronomy 13:17

V. Hosea 11:9: Jeremiah 26:3; Jeremiah 30:11

W. Hosea 11:9: Isaiah 5:24; Isaiah 12:6; Isaiah 41:14; Isaiah 41:16

X. Hosea 11:10: Hosea 3:5; Hosea 6:1-3

Y. Hosea 11:10: Isaiah 31:4; Joel 3:16; Amos 1:2

Z. Hosea 11:10: Isaiah 66:2-5

AA. Hosea 11:11: Isaiah 60:8

AB. Hosea 11:11: Isaiah 11:11

AC. Hosea 11:11: Ezekiel 34:27-28

AD. Hosea 11:12: Hosea 4:2; Hosea 7:3