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Hosea 11:3-5
Evangelical Heritage Version
Hosea 11:3-5
Evangelical Heritage Version
3 Yet I was the one who taught Ephraim to walk.
I took them in my arms,[a]
but they did not realize that it was I who healed them.
4 I drew them with cords suitable for a man,[b] with ropes of love.
For them I became like someone who lifts a yoke off their neck,
and I bent down to feed them.
5 They will not[c] return into the land of Egypt.
Instead, an Assyrian will be their king,
because they refused to repent.
Footnotes
- Hosea 11:3 The text of the pronouns in this verse is uncertain. The translation follows the Greek Old Testament.
- Hosea 11:4 Literally cords of mankind. The words translated man and love have homonyms meaning leather, so there may be a play on words here.
- Hosea 11:5 Not is missing from some manuscripts.
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