Hos 11:1-8 | NASB2020 | STEP | When Israel was a youth I loved him, And out of Egypt I called My son .

Hosea 11:1-8

God Yearns over His People

1 When Israel was a youth I loved him,
And ^aout of Egypt I ^bcalled My son.
2 The more ^{▼▼I.e., God’s prophets
,} ^dthey called them,
The more they went away from ^{▼▼I.e., God’s prophets}them;
They kept ^fsacrificing to the Baals
And ^gburning incense to idols.
3 Yet it is I who taught Ephraim to walk,
^{▼▼As in ancient versions; MT He...His}I ⁱtook them in My arms;
But they did not know that I ^jhealed them.
4 I ^kpulled them along with cords of a man, with ropes of love,
And ^lI became to them as one who lifts the yoke from their jaws;
And I bent down and ^mfed them.

5 ^{▼▼Lit He}They will not return to the land of Egypt;
But Assyria--he will be ^{▼▼Lit his}their king
Because they ^prefused to return to Me.
6 And the ^qsword will whirl against ^{▼▼Lit his}their cities,
And will destroy ^{▼▼Lit his}their oracle priests
And ^tconsume them, because of their ^ucounsels.
7 So My people are determined to ^vturn from Me.
Though ^{▼▼I.e., God’s prophets}they call ^{▼▼Lit him; i.e., Israel}them to the One on high,
None at all exalts Him.

8 ^yHow can I give you up, Ephraim?
How can I surrender you, Israel?
How can I ^{▼▼Lit give}make you like ^aaAdmah?
How can I treat you like ^abZeboiim?
My heart is turned over within Me,
^{▼▼Lit Together}All My compassions are kindled.