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I led them with cords of human kindness, with ropes of love.
I removed the yokes [a] from their necks.
I bent down and fed them.

“They will not return to Egypt.
Instead, Assyria will rule them
because they have refused to return to me.
War will sweep through their cities,
demolish their city gates,
and put an end to their plans.

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Footnotes

  1. 11:4 A yoke   is a wooden bar placed over the necks of work animals so that they can pull plows or carts.

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