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Hosea 11:2-4
International Standard Version
Hosea 11:2-4
International Standard Version
2 The more I called out to them,
the farther they fled from me;[a]
they sacrificed to Baals,[b]
burning incense to carved images.
3 Yet it was I who taught Ephraim to walk,
supporting them by their arms,
but they never knew that I was healing them.
4 I guided them with human kindness,
with loving reins.
I acted toward them
like one who removes a yoke from their neck;
I bent down and fed them.
Footnotes
- Hosea 11:2 So LXX. MT reads They called to them, so they went away from them.
- Hosea 11:2 I.e. Canaanite deities
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