Hosea 11:3-5

New Catholic Bible

³ Yet it was I who taught Ephraim to walk,
    I who took them up in my arms.
However, they did not know
    that I was the one caring for them.
⁴ I led them with cords of human kindness,
    with bonds of love.
I lifted them to my cheek as I would an infant,
    and I bent down to feed them.
⁵ They shall return to the land of Egypt,
    and Assyria will be their king
    because they refused to return to me.