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Hosea 11:2-4
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Hosea 11:2-4
Easy-to-Read Version
2 But the more I[a] called the Israelites,
the more they left me.
The Israelites gave sacrifices to the false gods[b]
and burned incense to the idols.
3 “But I was the one who taught Ephraim to walk.
I took the Israelites in my arms.
I healed them,
but they don’t know that.
4 I led them with ropes,[c]
but they were ropes of love.
I was like a person who set them free.[d]
I bent down and fed them.
Footnotes
- Hosea 11:2 I This is from the ancient Greek version. The standard Hebrew text has “they.”
- Hosea 11:2 false gods Literally, “Baals.”
- Hosea 11:4 ropes The Hebrew says, “ropes of a man.”
- Hosea 11:4 set them free Literally, “lifted the yoke from their jaws.”
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