Hosea 11
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- 1When Israel was a child, I loved him, and I called my son out of Egypt.
- 2As they called them, they went away from them: they sacrificed to the Baals and burned incense to carved images.
- 3It was I who taught Ephraim to walk, taking them by the arms. But they never realized it was I who healed them.
- 4I led them with cords of a man, with bands of love. I was like someone who lifts the yoke from their jaws, and I laid food before them.
- 5He will not return to the land of Egypt, but the Assyrian will be his king, because they refused to return.
- 6The sword will remain on his cities, and will consume his branches, and devour them, because of their own counsels.
- 7My people are bent on turning away from me. Though they called them to the Most High, none at all would exalt him.
- 8How can I give you up, Ephraim? How can I hand you over, Israel? How can I make you like Admah? How can I treat you like Zeboim? My heart is turned within me; my repentings are stirred together.
- 9I will not carry out the fierceness of my anger. I will not return to destroy Ephraim. For I am God, and not man; the Holy One among you, and I will not enter the city.
- 10They will walk after the LORD. He will roar like a lion. When he roars, the children will tremble from the west.
- 11They will come trembling like birds from Egypt, like doves from the land of Assyria, and I will settle them back in their homes," says the LORD.
- 12Ephraim surrounds me with lies, and the house of Israel with deceit. But Judah still rules with God and is faithful with the saints.