Hosea 11:1 When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt. 1. This is the great sin of the visible Church, to which she hath a strong inclination naturally, even in her best frame. 2. Men's hanging sometimes in suspense, and having some inclinations to return, will neither double out their point against the power of corruption within them, nor will it extenuate their backsliding. 3. The great backsliding of God's people is their backsliding from God and communion with Him; which draweth on all other apostasies and defections. 4. It is of the Lord's great mercy that He ceaseth not to follow backsliders with messages from His Word. (George Hutcheson.) Parallel Verses KJV: When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.WEB: "When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt. |
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