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1 |When Israel was a child, I loved him, and I called my son out of Egypt. 2 The more I called them, the farther they went away. They sacrificed to other gods-the Baals, and they burned incense to idols. 3 I was the one who taught the people of Ephraim to walk. I took them by the hand. But they didn't realize that I had healed them. 4 I led them with cords of human kindness, with ropes of love. I removed the yokes from their necks. I bent down and fed them. Hosea 11:1-4, God's Word Translation. Copyright © 1995 by God's Word to the Nations.
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