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1 As the morning passeth, so hath the king of Israel Israel was a child, and I loved him: and I called my son out of Egypt. 2 As they called them, they went away from before their face: they offered victims to Baalim, and sacrificed to idols. 3 And I was like a foster father to Ephraim, I carried them in my arms: and they knew not that I healed them. 4 I will draw them with the cords of Adam, with the bands of love : and I will be to them as one that taketh off the yoke on their jaws: and I put his meat to him that he might eat. 5 He shall not return into the land of Egypt, but the Assyrian shall be his king: because they would not be converted. 6 The sword hath begun in his cities, and it shall consume his chosen men, and sha.ll devour their heads. 7 And my people shall long for my return: but a yoke shall be put upon them together, which shall not be taken off. Hosea 11:1-7, Douay-Rheims Bible. Public domain.
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