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1 When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son.
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“When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son.
2 The more I called them, the more they went from me; they kept sacrificing to the Ba'als, and burning incense to idols.
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But the more they were called, the more they went away from me.They sacrificed to the Baals and they burned incense to images.
3 Yet it was I who taught E'phraim to walk, I took them up in my arms; but they did not know that I healed them.
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It was I who taught Ephraim to walk, taking them by the arms; but they did not realize it was I who healed them.
4 I led them with cords of compassion, 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.
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I led them with cords of human kindness, with ties of love. To them I was like one who lifts a little child to the cheek, and I bent down to feed them.
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