Hosea 11:2-4

Evangelical Heritage Version

² The more I called to them,
    the more they went away from me.^[a]
    They kept sacrificing to the Baals
    and burning incense to idols.
³ Yet I was the one who taught Ephraim to walk.
    I took them in my arms,^[b]
    but they did not realize that it was I who healed them.
⁴ I drew them with cords suitable for a man,^[c] with ropes of love.
    For them I became like someone who lifts a yoke off their neck,
    and I bent down to feed them.