Hosea 11:1-4 (New Revised Standard)
1
When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son.
2
The more I a called them, the more they went from me; b they kept sacrificing to the Baals, and offering incense to idols.
3
Yet it was I who taught Ephraim to walk, I took them up in my c arms; but they did not know that I healed them.
4
I led them with cords of human kindness, with bands of love. I was to them like those who lift infants to their cheeks. d I bent down to them and fed them.
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a.
Hosea 11:2 - Gk: Heb [they]
b.
Hosea 11:2 - Gk: Heb [them]
c.
Hosea 11:3 - Gk Syr Vg: Heb [his]
d.
Hosea 11:4 - Or [who ease the yoke on their jaws]