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Israel Is Like a Bad Son

11 “When Israel was a child, I loved him,
    and I called my son out of Egypt.
The more I called them,[a] the farther they went away.
    They sacrificed to other gods—the Baals,
        and they burned incense to idols.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 11:2 Greek; Masoretic Text “The more they called them.”

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)

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 11:2 Septuagint; Hebrew them