Hosea 11:2-4

Expanded Bible

² But when I called ·the people of Israel [^Lthem],
    they went away from me.
They offered sacrifices to the Baals
    and burned incense to ·the idols [images].
³ It was I who taught ·Israel [^LEphraim; 4:17] to walk,
    and I took them by the arms,
but they did not ·understand [or acknowledge]
    that I had healed them.
⁴ I led them with cords of ·human kindness [humanity; or leather],
    with ropes of love.
I lifted ·the yoke from their neck [or them like a little child to my cheek]
    and bent down and fed them.