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Hosea 11:1-7
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Hosea 11:1-7
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"When Israel was only a child, I loved him. I called out, 'My son!' - called him out of Egypt.
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But when others called him, he ran off and left me. He worshiped the popular sex gods, he played at religion with toy gods.
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Still, I stuck with him. I led Ephraim. I rescued him from human bondage, But he never acknowledged my help,
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never admitted that I was the one pulling his wagon, That I lifted him, like a baby, to my cheek, that I bent down to feed him.
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Now he wants to go back to Egypt or go over to Assyria - anything but return to me!
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That's why his cities are unsafe - the murder rate skyrockets and every plan to improve things falls to pieces.
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My people are hell-bent on leaving me. They pray to god Baal for help. He doesn't lift a finger to help them.
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Published by permission. Originally published by NavPress in English as THE MESSAGE: The Bible in Contemporary Language copyright 2002 by Eugene Peterson. All rights reserved.