Hosea 11:2-4

Modern English Version

² As I^[a] called them,
    so they went from Me.^[b]
They sacrificed to the Baals
    and burned incense to idols.
³ I taught Ephraim to walk,
    taking them up in My^[c] arms,
but they did not know
    that I healed them.
⁴ I drew them with cords of human kindness,^[d]
    with bands of love.
I was to them as those who ease the yoke on their neck,^[e]
    and I bent down and fed them.