Hosea 11 - New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB1995)

God Yearns over His People

11 When Israel was a youth I loved him,
And (A)out of Egypt I (B)called My son.
2 The more [a](C)they called them,
The more they went from [b]them;
They kept (D)sacrificing to the Baals
And (E)burning incense to idols.
3 Yet it is I who taught Ephraim to walk,
[c]I (F)took them in My arms;
But they did not know that I (G)healed them.
4 I (H)led them with cords of a man, with bonds of love,
And (I)I became to them as one who lifts the yoke from their jaws;
And I bent down and (J)fed them.

5 [d]They will not return to the land of Egypt;
But Assyria—he will be [e]their king
Because they (K)refused to return to Me.
6 The (L)sword will whirl against [f]their cities,
And will demolish [g]their gate bars
And (M)consume them because of their (N)counsels.
7 So My people are bent on (O)turning from Me.
Though [h]they call [i]them to the One on high,
None at all exalts Him.

8 (P)How can I give you up, O Ephraim?
How can I surrender you, O Israel?
How can I [j]make you like (Q)Admah?
How can I treat you like (R)Zeboiim?
My heart is turned over within Me,
[k]All My compassions are kindled.
9 I will (S)not execute My fierce anger;
I will not destroy Ephraim (T)again.
For (U)I am God and not man, the (V)Holy One in your midst,
And I will not come in [l]wrath.
10 They will (W)walk after the Lord,
He will (X)roar like a lion;
Indeed He will roar
And His sons will come (Y)trembling from the west.
11 They will come trembling like birds from (Z)Egypt
And like (AA)doves from the land of (AB)Assyria;
And I will (AC)settle them in their houses, declares the Lord.

12 [m]Ephraim surrounds Me with (AD)lies
And the house of Israel with deceit;
Judah is also unruly against God,
Even against the Holy One who is faithful.

Footnotes

  1. Hosea 11:2 I.e. God’s prophets
  2. Hosea 11:2 I.e. God’s prophets
  3. Hosea 11:3 So ancient versions; Heb He...His
  4. Hosea 11:5 Lit He
  5. Hosea 11:5 Lit his
  6. Hosea 11:6 Lit his
  7. Hosea 11:6 Lit his
  8. Hosea 11:7 I.e. God’s prophets
  9. Hosea 11:7 Lit him; i.e. Israel
  10. Hosea 11:8 Lit give
  11. Hosea 11:8 Lit Together
  12. Hosea 11:9 Lit excitement
  13. Hosea 11:12 Ch 12:1 in Heb

Cross references

  1. Hosea 11:1 : Hos 2:15; 12:9, 13; 13:4
  2. Hosea 11:1 : Ex 4:22, 23; Matt 2:15
  3. Hosea 11:2 : 2 Kin 17:13-15
  4. Hosea 11:2 : Hos 2:13; 4:13
  5. Hosea 11:2 : Is 65:7; Jer 18:15
  6. Hosea 11:3 : Deut 1:31; 32:10, 11
  7. Hosea 11:3 : Ps 107:20; Jer 30:17
  8. Hosea 11:4 : Jer 31:2, 3
  9. Hosea 11:4 : Lev 26:13
  10. Hosea 11:4 : Ex 16:32; Ps 78:25
  11. Hosea 11:5 : Hos 7:16
  12. Hosea 11:6 : Hos 13:16
  13. Hosea 11:6 : Lam 2:9
  14. Hosea 11:6 : Hos 4:16, 17
  15. Hosea 11:7 : Jer 3:6, 7; 8:5
  16. Hosea 11:8 : Hos 6:4; 7:1
  17. Hosea 11:8 : Gen 14:8; Deut 29:23
  18. Hosea 11:8 : Gen 14:8; Deut 29:23
  19. Hosea 11:9 : Deut 13:17
  20. Hosea 11:9 : Jer 26:3; 30:11
  21. Hosea 11:9 : Num 23:19
  22. Hosea 11:9 : Is 5:24; 12:6; 41:14, 16
  23. Hosea 11:10 : Hos 3:5; 6:1-3
  24. Hosea 11:10 : Is 31:4; Joel 3:16; Amos 1:2
  25. Hosea 11:10 : Is 66:2, 5
  26. Hosea 11:11 : Is 11:11
  27. Hosea 11:11 : Is 60:8; Hos 7:11
  28. Hosea 11:11 : Is 11:11
  29. Hosea 11:11 : Ezek 28:25, 26; 34:27, 28
  30. Hosea 11:12 : Hos 4:2; 7:3

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