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1 WHEN Israel was a child, then I loved him, and I called him, my son, out of Egypt. 2 Just as they were called, so they went away from my presence; they sacrificed to Baal and burned incense to idols. 3 It was I who cared for Ephraim and took them up in my arms; but they did not know that I healed them. 4 I drew them with cords of a man, with the bands of love; and I was to them as one who takes off the yoke from their neck, and I bent over them and fed them. 5 They shall not return to the land of Egypt, but the Assyrian shall be their king, because they refused to repent. 6 The sword shall cause pain in their cities and consume their possessions, and they shall suffer because of their evil counsels. 7 And my people are inclined to backslide from me; though they shall call to God, they will take counsel together, and none at all would exalt him. Hosea 11:1-7, Lamsa Bible. Public domain.
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