Hosea 11:1
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
God’s Compassion Despite Israel’s Ingratitude
11 When Israel was a child, I loved him,
and out of Egypt I called my son.
Hosea 11:3-4
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
3 Yet it was I who taught E′phraim to walk,
I took them up in my[a] arms;
but they did not know that I healed them.
4 I led them with cords of compassion,[b]
with the bands of love,
and I became to them as one
who eases the yoke on their jaws,
and I bent down to them and fed them.
Footnotes
- Hosea 11:3 Gk Syr Vg: Heb his
- Hosea 11:4 Heb man
Hosea 11:8-9
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
8 How can I give you up, O E′phraim!
How can I hand you over, O Israel!
How can I make you like Admah!
How can I treat you like Zeboi′im!
My heart recoils within me,
my compassion grows warm and tender.
9 I will not execute my fierce anger,
I will not again destroy E′phraim;
for I am God and not man,
the Holy One in your midst,
and I will not come to destroy.[a]
Footnotes
- Hosea 11:9 Cn: Heb into the city
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