Hosea

11 “When Israel was a boy, I loved him,+

And out of Egypt I called my son.+

 2 The more they* called them,

The more they went away from them.+

They kept sacrificing to the Baʹal images+

And offering sacrifices to the graven images.+

 3 But it was I who taught Eʹphra·im to walk,+ taking them in my arms;+

And they did not acknowledge that I had healed them.

 4 With the ropes of men* I kept drawing them, with the cords of love;+

And I was to them like one lifting a yoke from their jaws,

And I gently brought food to each one.

 5 They will not return to the land of Egypt, but As·syrʹi·a will be their king,+

Because they refused to return to me.+

 6 And a sword will whirl against his cities+

And destroy his bars and devour them because of their schemes.+

I have had a change of heart;

At the same time my compassions are stirred.*+

I will not destroy Eʹphra·im again,+

For I am God and not man,

The Holy One in your midst;

And I will not come against you in fury.

10 They will walk after Jehovah, and he will roar like a lion;+

When he roars, his sons will come trembling from the west.+

11 They will tremble like a bird when they come out of Egypt,

Like a dove out of the land of As·syrʹi·a;+

And I will settle them in their houses,” declares Jehovah.+

12 “Eʹphra·im has surrounded me with lies,

And the house of Israel with deceit.+

But Judah still roams* with God,

And he is faithful to the Most Holy One.”+