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Hosea 11:1-3
The Voice
Hosea 11:1-3
The Voice
11 Eternal One: When Israel was a child, I loved him;
and out of Egypt I called My son.[a]
2 But the more I called to Israel,
the more they walked away from Me.[b]
They kept on sacrificing to other divine masters[c]
and burning incense to idols!
3 But I was the one who taught Ephraim to walk, holding him up by his arms,
but his people didn’t know I was the One who took care of them.
Footnotes
- 11:1 Matthew 2:15
- 11:2 Hebrew manuscripts read, “But the more they called to Israel, the more they walked away from them.”
- 11:2 Hebrew, baals
Hosea 11:1-3
New International Version
Hosea 11:1-3
New International Version
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)
2 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)
3 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.
Footnotes
- Hosea 11:2 Septuagint; Hebrew them
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