Hosea 11

In recent times, hosea 11 has become increasingly relevant in various contexts. Hosea 11 NIV - God’s Love for Israel - “When - Bible Gateway. For I am God, and not a man— the Holy One among you. I will not come against their cities.

10 They will follow the Lord; he will roar like a lion. When he roars, his children will come trembling from the west. 11 They will come from Egypt, trembling like sparrows, from Assyria, fluttering like doves.

I will settle them in their homes ... Hosea 11 KJV - When Israel was a child, then I loved - Bible Gateway. Equally important, 11 When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt. 2 As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven images. 2 The more they were called, the more they went away; they kept sacrificing to the Baals and burning offerings to idols.

3 Yet it was I who taught Ephraim to walk; I took them up by their arms, but they did not know that I healed them. In this context, 4 I led them with cords of kindness,[a] Hosea 11 NET - Reversal of the Exodus: Return to Egypt - Bible Gateway.

Elsewhere, Hosea compares Israel to a stubborn cow (4:6) and harnessed heifer (10:11). It is somewhat common that the infrequent vocabulary of the Old Testament appears in poetic contexts, and this may be the case here. Hosea 11 NKJV - God’s Continuing Love for Israel - Bible Gateway. 3 “I taught Ephraim to walk, Taking them by [d]their arms; But they did not know that I healed them.

4 I drew them with [e]gentle cords, With ... 2 But the more I called to him, the farther he moved from me,[a] offering sacrifices to the images of Baal and burning incense to idols. This perspective suggests that, 3 I myself taught Israel[b] how to walk, leading him along by the hand. But he doesn’t know or even care that it was I who took ... Hosea 11 NASB - God Yearns over His People - When - Bible Gateway.

HOSEA 1 NIV - The word of the LORD that came to Hosea - Bible Gateway. Building on this, in the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ they will be called ‘children of the living God.’ 11 The people of Judah and the people of Israel will come together; they will appoint one leader and will come up out of the land, for great will be the day of Jezreel.[c] Hosea 11 AMP - God is the Loving Father of His People - Bible Gateway.

11 When Israel was a child [a young nation], I loved him, And I called My son out of Egypt. Similarly, 2 The more they [the prophets] called them [to repentance and obedience], The more they went away from them; They kept sacrificing to the Baals And burning incense to the carved images.