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Hosea 11:1
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Chapter 11

The Disappointment of a Parent

1 [a]When Israel was a child I loved him,(A)
    out of Egypt[b] I called my son.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 11:1–3 After the image of husband-wife (chaps. 1–3), Hosea uses the image of parent-child (Ex 4:22; Is 1:2; Jer 3:19).
  2. 11:1 Out of Egypt: Hosea dates the real beginning of Israel from the time of the exodus. Mt 2:15 applies this text to the return of Jesus from Egypt.
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Hosea 11:1
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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)

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Hosea 11:3-4
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3 Yet it was I who taught Ephraim to walk,
    who took them in my arms;(A)
    but they did not know that I cared for them.
4 I drew them with human cords,
    with bands of love;[a]
I fostered them like those
    who raise an infant to their cheeks;
    I bent down to feed them.(B)

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  1. 11:4 I drew them…with bands of love: perhaps a reversal of the yoke imagery of the previous chapter, i.e., not forcing them like draft animals, but drawing them with kindness and affection.
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3 It was I who taught Ephraim to walk,
    taking them by the arms;(A)
but they did not realize
    it was I who healed(B) them.
4 I led them with cords of human kindness,
    with ties of love.(C)
To them I was like one who lifts
    a little child to the cheek,
    and I bent down to feed(D) them.(E)

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Hosea 11:8-9
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But Love Is Stronger and Restores

8 How could I give you up, Ephraim,
    or deliver you up, Israel?
How could I treat you as Admah,
    or make you like Zeboiim?[a](A)
My heart is overwhelmed,
    my pity is stirred.
9 I will not give vent to my blazing anger,
    I will not destroy Ephraim again;
For I am God and not a man,(B)
    the Holy One present among you;
    I will not come in wrath.

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  1. 11:8 Admah…Zeboiim: cities in the vicinity of Sodom and Gomorrah (Gn 14:2, 8) and destroyed with them (Gn 19:24–25; Dt 29:22).
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Hosea 11:8-9
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8 “How can I give you up,(A) Ephraim?(B)
    How can I hand you over, Israel?
How can I treat you like Admah?
    How can I make you like Zeboyim?(C)
My heart is changed within me;
    all my compassion(D) is aroused.(E)
9 I will not carry out my fierce anger,(F)
    nor will I devastate(G) Ephraim again.
For I am God, and not a man(H)—
    the Holy One(I) among you.
    I will not come against their cities.

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