Hosea 11 :: New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)

God Yearns over His People

Hos 11:1When Israel was a youth I loved him,
And out of Egypt I called My son.

Hos 11:2The more [fn]they called them,
The more they went from [fn]them;
They kept sacrificing to the Baals
And burning incense to idols.

Hos 11:3

Hos 11:3Yet it is I who taught Ephraim to walk,
[fn]I took them in My arms;
But they did not know that I healed them.

Hos 11:4

Hos 11:4I led them with cords of a man, with bonds of love,
And I became to them as one who lifts the yoke from their jaws;
And I bent down and fed them.

Hos 11:5

Hos 11:5 [fn]They will not return to the land of Egypt;
But Assyria—he will be [fn]their king
Because they refused to return to Me.

Hos 11:6

Hos 11:6The sword will whirl against [fn]their cities,
And will demolish [fn]their gate bars
And consume them because of their counsels.

Hos 11:7

Hos 11:7So My people are bent on turning from Me.
Though [fn]they call [fn]them to the One on high,
None at all exalts Him.

Hos 11:8

Hos 11:8How can I give you up, O Ephraim?
How can I surrender you, O Israel?
How can I [fn]make you like Admah?
How can I treat you like Zeboiim?
My heart is turned over within Me,
[fn]All My compassions are kindled.

Hos 11:9

Hos 11:9I will not execute My fierce anger;
I will not destroy Ephraim again.
For I am God and not man, the Holy One in your midst,
And I will not come in [fn]wrath.

Hos 11:10

Hos 11:10They will walk after the LORD,
He will roar like a lion;
Indeed He will roar
And His sons will come trembling from the west.

Hos 11:11

Hos 11:11They will come trembling like birds from Egypt
And like doves from the land of Assyria;
And I will settle them in their houses, declares the LORD.

Hos 11:12

Hos 11:12 [fn]Ephraim surrounds Me with lies
And the house of Israel with deceit;
Judah is also unruly against God,
Even against the Holy One who is faithful.

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NASB95 Footnotes

(11:2)

I.e. God's prophets

(11:3)

So ancient versions; Heb He...His

Literally: He

Literally: his

Literally: his

I.e. God's prophets

(11:7)

Literally: him; i.e. Israel

(11:8)

Literally: give

(11:8)

Literally: Together

(11:9)

Literally: excitement

(11:12)

Ch 12:1 in Heb

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