“When Israel was a child, then I loved him,
and called my son out of Egypt.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Hosea 11:1 in context
Hosea 11:1–4
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“When Israel was a child, then I loved him,
and called my son out of Egypt.
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They called to them, so they went from them.
They sacrificed to the Baals,
and burned incense to engraved images.
3
Yet I taught Ephraim to walk.
I took them by their arms,
but they didn’t know that I healed them.
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I 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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