Hosea 11:2-4
Wycliffe Bible
2 They called them, so they went away from the face of them. They offered to Baalim, and made sacrifice to simulacra. (And I called to them, but they went further away from me. They offered to the Baalim, and made sacrifice to idols.)
3 And I as a nurse of Ephraim bare them in mine arms, and they knew not, that I kept them. (And I as the nurse of Ephraim carried them in my arms, but they did not know, that it was I who had kept them safe.)
4 I shall draw them in the ropes of Adam, in the bonds of charity. And I shall be to them as he that enhanceth the yoke on the cheeks of them; and I bowed down to him that he should eat. (I drew them to me with the ropes of man, or of people, yea, with the bonds of love. And I was to them like he who lifteth up a little child to his cheeks/like he who lifteth off their yoke; and I bent down to feed them.)
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Hosea 11:2-4
New International Version
2 But the more they were called,
the more they went away from me.[a](A)
They sacrificed to the Baals(B)
and they burned incense to images.(C)
3 It was I who taught Ephraim to walk,
taking them by the arms;(D)
but they did not realize
it was I who healed(E) them.
4 I led them with cords of human kindness,
with ties of love.(F)
To them I was like one who lifts
a little child to the cheek,
and I bent down to feed(G) them.(H)
Footnotes
- Hosea 11:2 Septuagint; Hebrew them
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