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Hosea 11
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1“When Israel was a child, then I loved him,
- and called my son out of Egypt.
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2They called to them, so they went from them.
- They sacrificed to the Baals,
- and burned incense to engraved images.
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3Yet I taught Ephraim to walk.
- I took them by his arms;
- but they didn’t know that I healed them.
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4I drew them with cords of a man, with ties of love;
- and I was to them like those who lift up the yoke on their necks;
- and I bent down to him and I fed him.
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5“They won’t return into the land of Egypt;
- but the Assyrian will be their king,
- because they refused to repent.
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6The sword will fall on their cities,
- and will destroy the bars of their gates,
- and will put an end to their plans.
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7My people are determined to turn from me.
- Though they call to the Most High,
- he certainly won’t exalt them.
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8“How can I give you up, Ephraim?
- How can I hand you over, Israel?
- How can I make you like Admah?
- How can I make you like Zeboiim?
- My heart is turned within me,
- my compassion is aroused.
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9I will not execute the fierceness of my anger.
- I will not return to destroy Ephraim:
- for I am God, and not man; the Holy One in the midst of you;
- and I will not come in wrath.
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10They will walk after Yahweh,
- who will roar like a lion;
- for he will roar, and the children will come trembling from the west.
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11They will come trembling like a bird out of Egypt,
- and like a dove out of the land of Assyria;
- and I will settle them in their houses,” says Yahweh.
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12Ephraim surrounds me with falsehood,
- and the house of Israel with deceit.
- Judah still strays from God,
- and is unfaithful to the Holy One.
