Hosea 11:1-7
Out of Egypt I Called My Son
1 When Israel [was] a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.
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2 [As] they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven images.
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3 I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms; but they knew not that I healed them.
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4 I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love: and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I laid meat unto them.
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5 He shall not return into the land of Egypt, but the Assyrian shall be his king, because they refused to return.
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6 And the sword shall abide on his cities, and shall consume his branches, and devour [them], because of their own counsels.
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7 And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the most High, none at all would exalt [him].
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