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Hosea 11 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

God Yearns over His People

11 When Israel was a youth I loved him,
And ^(A)out of Egypt I ^(B)called My son.
²The more ^[a]^(C)they called them,
The more they went away from ^[b]them;
They kept ^(D)sacrificing to the Baals
And ^(E)burning incense to idols.
³Yet 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.
⁴I ^(H)pulled them along with cords of a man, with ropes 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.
⁶And the ^(L)sword will whirl against ^[f]their cities,
And will destroy ^[g]their oracle priests
And ^(M)consume them, because of their ^(N)counsels.
⁷So My people are determined to ^(O)turn 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, Ephraim?
How can I surrender you, 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.
⁹I will ^(S)not carry out My fierce anger;
I will not destroy Ephraim ^(T)again.
For ^(U)I am God and not a man, the ^(V)Holy One in your midst,
And I will not come in ^[l]wrath.
¹⁰They 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.
¹¹They 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;
^[n]Judah is still unruly against God,
Even against the Holy One who is faithful.

New American Standard Bible (NASB)