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Hosea 11
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The Lord’s Love for Israel
111:1 [ch. 2:15] When Israel was a child, 11:1 Deut. 7:8; [ch. 14:4] I loved him,
and out of Egypt I 11:1 Cited Matt. 2:15called 11:1 Ex. 4:22; [Mal. 1:6]my son.
211:2 [ver. 7] The more they were called,
the more they went away;
11:2 [ch. 2:13; 13:1, 2]they kept sacrificing to the Baals
and burning offerings to idols.

3Yet it was 11:3 [ch. 7:15; Deut. 1:31] I who taught Ephraim to walk;
I took them up by their arms,
but they did not know that 11:3 Ex. 15:26I healed them.
411:4 Jer. 31:3; [John 6:44; 12:32] I led them with cords of kindness,11:4 Or humaneness; Hebrew man
with the bands of love,
and 11:4 Lev. 26:13I became to them as one who eases the yoke on their jaws,
and 11:4 See Ps. 78:24-29I bent down to them and fed them.

511:5 [ch. 8:13] They shall not11:5 Or surely return to the land of Egypt,
but 11:5 [ch. 10:3] Assyria shall be their king,
11:5 [2 Kgs. 17:13, 14] because 11:5 [ch. 4:16; 7:16]they have refused to return to me.
611:6 [ch. 10:14] The sword shall rage against their cities,
consume the bars of their gates,
and devour them 11:6 ch. 10:6because of their own counsels.
7My people are bent 11:7 ch. 14:4on turning away from me,
and though 11:7 [ver. 2]they call out to the Most High,
he shall not raise them up at all.

8How can I give you up, O Ephraim?
How can I hand you over, O Israel?
11:8 [Gen. 19:24, 25; Jer. 49:18; 50:40; Amos 4:11; Jude 7] How can I make you 11:8 Gen. 14:8; Deut. 29:23like Admah?
How can I treat you 11:8 Gen. 14:8; Deut. 29:23like Zeboiim?
11:8 [Deut. 32:36]My heart recoils within me;
my compassion grows warm and tender.
9I will not execute my burning anger;
I will not again destroy Ephraim;
11:9 See Num. 23:19for I am God and not a man,
11:9 See Isa. 12:6the Holy One in your midst,
and I will not come in wrath.11:9 Or into the city

1011:10 [ch. 3:5] They shall go after the Lord;
11:10 Isa. 31:4; Jer. 25:30; Joel 3:16; Amos 1:2he will roar like a lion;
when he roars,
his children shall come trembling 11:10 Isa. 11:11; Zech. 8:7from the west;
11they shall come trembling like birds 11:11 See ch. 8:13from Egypt,
and 11:11 Isa. 60:8like doves 11:11 Zech. 10:6, 10; [ch. 9:3]from the land of Assyria,
and I will return them to their homes, declares the Lord.
1211:12 Ch 12:1 in Hebrew Ephraim 11:12 [ch. 7:13]has surrounded me with lies,
and the house of Israel with deceit,
but Judah still walks with God
and is faithful to the Holy One.