Hosea 11:1-4 ▼

1 |When Israel was a young child I loved him, and from Egypt I called my son.

2 The more I called out to them, the farther they fled from me; they sacrificed to Baals, 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.