Hosea 11:3-5

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³Yet it was I who taught Ephraim to walk;
    I took them up in my^[a] arms,
    but they did not know that I healed them.^(A)
⁴I led them with cords of human kindness,
    with bands of love.
I was to them like those
    who lift infants to their cheeks.^[b]
    I bent down to them and fed them.^(B)

⁵They shall return to the land of Egypt,
and Assyria shall be their king,
because they have refused to return to me.^(C)