Hosea 11

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¹ When Israel was a child I loved him, out of Egypt I called my son.	¹ Just as the morning passes, so has the king of Israel passed by. For Israel was a child and I loved him; and out of Egypt I called my son.
² The more I called them, the farther they went from me, Sacrificing to the Baals and burning incense to idols.	² They called them, and so they departed before their face. They offered victims to the Baals, and they sacrificed to graven images.
³ Yet it was I who taught Ephraim to walk, who took them in my arms;	³ And I was like a foster father to Ephraim. I carried them in my arms. And they did not know that I healed them.
⁴ I drew them with human cords, with bands of love; I fostered them like one who raises an infant to his cheeks; Yet, though I stooped to feed my child, they did not know that I was their healer.	⁴ I will draw them with the cords of Adam, with the bands of love. And I will be to them like one who raises the yoke over their jaws. And I will reach down to him so that he may eat.
⁵ He shall return to the land of Egypt, and Assyria shall be his king;	⁵ He will not return to the land of Egypt, but Assur himself will be the king over him, because they were not willing to be converted.
⁶ The sword shall begin with his cities and end by consuming his solitudes. Because they refused to repent, their own counsels shall devour them.	⁶ The sword has begun in his cities, and it will consume his elect and devour their heads.
⁷ His people are in suspense about returning to him; and God, though in unison they cry out to him, shall not raise them up.	⁷ And my people will long for my return. But a yoke will be imposed on them together, which will not be taken away.
⁸ How could I give you up, O Ephraim, or deliver you up, O Israel? How could I treat you as Admah, or make you like Zeboiim? My heart is overwhelmed, my pity is stirred.	⁸ How will I provide for you, Ephraim; how will I protect you, Israel? How will I provide for you as for Adam; will I set you like Zeboiim? My heart has changed within me; together with my regret, it has been stirred up.
⁹ I will not give vent to my blazing anger, I will not destroy Ephraim again; For I am God and not man, the Holy One present among you; I will not let the flames consume you.	⁹ I will not act on the fury of my wrath. I will not turn back to utterly destroy Ephraim. For I am God, and not man, the Divine in your midst, and I will not advance upon the city.
¹⁰ They shall follow the LORD, who roars like a lion; When he roars, his sons shall come frightened from the west,	¹⁰ They will walk after the Lord; he will roar like a lion. For he himself will roar, and the sons of the sea will dread.
¹¹ Out of Egypt they shall come trembling, like sparrows, from the land of Assyria, like doves; And I will resettle them in their homes, says the LORD.	¹¹ And they will fly like a bird out of Egypt, and like a dove from the land of the Assyrians. And I will arrange them in their own houses, says the Lord.
	¹² Ephraim has besieged me with denials, and the house of Israel with deceit. But Judah went down as a witness before God and the holy ones of faith.