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Hosea 11:3-12

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3 Yet it is I who taught Ephraim to walk, I 1took them in My arms; But they did not know that I 2healed them.
4 I 3led them with cords of a man, with bonds of love, And 4I became to them as one who lifts the yoke from their jaws; And I bent down and 5fed them.
5 They will not return to the land of Egypt; But Assyria -he will be their king Because they 6refused to return to Me.
6 The 7sword will whirl against their cities, And will demolish their gate bars And 8consume them because of their 9counsels.
7 So My people are bent on 10turning from Me. Though they call them to the One on high, None at all exalts Him.
8 11How can I give you up, O Ephraim? How can I surrender you, O Israel? How can I make you like 12Admah? How can I treat you like 13Zeboiim? My heart is turned over within Me, All My compassions are kindled.
9 I will 14not execute My fierce anger; I will not destroy Ephraim 15again. For 16I am God and not man, the 17Holy One in your midst, And I will not come in wrath.
10 They will 18walk after the LORD, He will 19roar like a lion; Indeed He will roar And His sons will come 20trembling from the west.
11 They will come trembling like birds from 21Egypt And like 22doves from the land of 23Assyria; And I will 24settle them in their houses, declares the LORD.
12 Ephraim surrounds Me with 25lies 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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Hosea 11:3-12 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO HOSEA 11

This chapter gives an account of the free and ancient love of God to Israel, and of the benefits and blessings of goodness he bestowed upon them; and of their ingratitude in not owning them, nor hearkening to his prophets, but sacrificing and burning incense to idols, Ho 11:1-4; wherefore they are threatened with disappointment of relief from Egypt, with captivity into Assyria, and with the ravages of the sword in all places, being a people bent to backsliding, and incorrigible, Ho 11:5-7; and yet, notwithstanding all this, the bowels of the Lord yearn after them, and promises of mercy are made to them; that they shall not utterly be destroyed, but a remnant shall be spared; which in the latter day shall be called and follow after the Lord, the King Messiah, and be returned from their captivity, and be resettled in their own land, and replaced in their own houses, Ho 11:8-11; the chapter is concluded with an honourable character of Judah, Ho 11:12.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 25

  • 1. Deuteronomy 1:31; Deuteronomy 32:10, 11
  • 2. Psalms 107:20; Jeremiah 30:17
  • 3. Jeremiah 31:2, 3
  • 4. Leviticus 26:13
  • 5. Exodus 16:32; Psalms 78:25
  • 6. Hosea 7:16
  • 7. Hosea 13:16
  • 8. Lamentations 2:9
  • 9. Hosea 4:16, 17
  • 10. Jeremiah 3:6, 7; Jeremiah 8:5
  • 11. Hosea 6:4; Hosea 7:1
  • 12. Genesis 14:8; Deuteronomy 29:23
  • 13. Genesis 14:8; Deuteronomy 29:23
  • 14. Deuteronomy 13:17
  • 15. Jeremiah 26:3; Jeremiah 30:11
  • 16. Numbers 23:19
  • 17. Isaiah 5:24; Isaiah 12:6; Isaiah 41:14, 16
  • 18. Hosea 3:5; Hosea 6:1-3
  • 19. Isaiah 31:4; Joel 3:16; Amos 1:2
  • 20. Isaiah 66:2, 5
  • 21. Isaiah 11:11
  • 22. Isaiah 60:8; Hosea 7:11
  • 23. Isaiah 11:11
  • 24. Ezekiel 28:25, 26; Ezekiel 34:27, 28
  • 25. Hosea 4:2; Hosea 7:3

Footnotes 11

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