Hosea 11 - Expanded Bible (EXB)

11 Because Israel [is] a youth, and I love him, Out of Egypt I have called for My Son. 2 They have called to them rightly, They have gone from before them, To lords they do sacrifice, And to graven images they make perfume. 3 And I have caused Ephraim to go on foot, Taking them by their arms, And th...
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11 For Israel was a child, and I loved him; and from Egypt I called my son. (When Israel was a boy, I loved him; and I called my son out of Egypt.) 2 They called them, so they went away from the face of them. They offered to Baalim, and made sacrifice to simulacra. (And I called to them, but they we...
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11 “When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.2 They called to them, so they went from them. They sacrificed to the Baals, and burned incense to engraved images.3 Yet I taught Ephraim to walk. I took them by his arms; but they didn’t know that I healed them.4 I drew t...
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11 Eternal One: When Israel was a child, I loved him; and out of Egypt I called My son.[a]2 But the more I called to Israel, the more they walked away from Me.[b] They kept on sacrificing to other divine masters[c] and burning incense to idols! 3 But I was the one who taught Ephraim to walk, hold...
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My Son Called Out11 “When Israel was a youth I loved him,and out of Egypt I called My son.[a]2 They called out to thembut they departed from their presence.They kept sacrificing to the Baalim and burning incense up to idols.3 Yet it was I who taught Ephraim to walk.I took them on My arms.But they ne...
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God’s Compassion Despite Israel’s Ingratitude11 When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son.2 The more I[a] called them, the more they went from me;[b]they kept sacrificing to the Ba′als, and burning incense to idols. 3 Yet it was I who taught E′phraim to walk, I took them...
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God’s Compassion Despite Israel’s Ingratitude11 When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son.2 The more I[a] called them, the more they went from me;[b]they kept sacrificing to the Ba′als, and burning incense to idols. 3 Yet it was I who taught E′phraim to walk, I took them...
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God’s Compassion Despite Israel’s Ingratitude11 When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son.2 The more I[a] called them, the more they went from me;[b]they kept sacrificing to the Baals, and offering incense to idols. 3 Yet it was I who taught Ephraim to walk, I took them ...
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God’s Compassion Despite Israel’s Ingratitude11 When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son.2 The more I[a] called them, the more they went from me;[b]they kept sacrificing to the Baals, and offering incense to idols. 3 Yet it was I who taught Ephraim to walk, I took them ...
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God’s Compassion Despite Israel’s Ingratitude11 When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son.2 The more I[a] called them, the more they went from me;[b]they kept sacrificing to the Baals, and offering incense to idols. 3 Yet it was I who taught Ephraim to walk, I took them ...
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God’s Compassion Despite Israel’s Ingratitude11 When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son.(A)2 The more I[a] called them, the more they went from me;[b]they kept sacrificing to the Baals and offering incense to idols.(B)3 Yet it was I who taught Ephraim to walk; I took t...
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The Lord’s Love for Israel11 “When Israel was a child, I loved him, and I called my son out of Egypt.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.3 I myself taught Israel[b] how to walk, leading him along by th...
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God’s Love for His Sinful People11 “When Israel was a child, I loved him. And I called My son out of Egypt. 2 The more I called them, the more they went from Me. They kept giving gifts in worship to the Baals and burning special perfume to false gods. 3 Yet it was I who taught Ephraim to walk. I t...
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God’s Continuing Love for Israel11 “When Israel was a [a]child, I loved him,And out of Egypt (A)I called My (B)son.2 [b]As they called them,So they (C)went [c]from them;They sacrificed to the Baals,And burned incense to carved images. 3 “I(D) taught Ephraim to walk,Taking them by [d]their arms;But t...
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God’s love for Israel11 ‘When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son.2 But the more they were called, the more they went away from me.[a]They sacrificed to the Baals and they burned incense to images.3 It was I who taught Ephraim to walk, taking them by the arms;but they d...
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God’s Love for Israel11 “When Israel was a child,(A) I loved(B) him, and out of Egypt I called my son.(C)2 But the more they were called, the more they went away from me.[a](D)They sacrificed to the Baals(E) and they burned incense to images.(F)3 It was I who taught Ephraim to walk, taking them by t...
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God Loves Israel11 The Lord continues,“When Israel was a young nation, I loved them. I chose to bring my son out of Egypt.2 But the more I called out to Israel, the more they went away from me.They brought sacrifices to the statues of the gods that were named Baal. And they burned incense to them.3 ...
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Reversal of the Exodus: Return to Egypt and Exile in Assyria11 “When Israel was a young man, I loved him like a son,[a]and I summoned my son[b] out of Egypt.2 But the more I summoned[c] them,the farther they departed from me.[d]They sacrificed to the Baal idolsand burned incense to images.3 Yet it w...
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