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God’s Love for His Sinful People

11 “When Israel was a child, I loved him. And I called My son out of Egypt. The more I called them, the more they went from Me. They kept giving gifts in worship to the Baals and burning special perfume to false gods. Yet it was I who taught Ephraim to walk. I took them in My arms. But they did not know 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