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11 When Israel was a child, then I loved him,
and called my son out of Egypt.
As they called them, so they went from them:
they sacrificed unto Baalim,
and burned incense to graven images.
I taught Ephraim also to go,
taking them by their arms;
but they knew not that I healed them.

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God’s Love for Israel

11 “When Israel was a child,(A) I loved(B) him,
    and out of Egypt I called my son.(C)
But the more they were called,
    the more they went away from me.[a](D)
They sacrificed to the Baals(E)
    and they burned incense to images.(F)
It was I who taught Ephraim to walk,
    taking them by the arms;(G)
but they did not realize
    it was I who healed(H) them.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 11:2 Septuagint; Hebrew them