Hosea 11:4-6

International Standard Version

⁴I guided them with human kindness,
    with loving reins.
I acted toward them
    like one who removes a yoke from their neck;
        I bent down and fed them.

⁵“They will not return to the land of Egypt;
    instead, the Assyrian will be their king,
        because they kept refusing to repent.
⁶The sword will fall on their cities,
    consuming and devouring their fortified gates,^[a]
        despite their planning.