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11 ¶ When Israel was a boy, 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.

Even with all this I guided the feet of this same Ephraim, taking them by their arms; but they did not know that I cared for 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