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Yet I was the one who taught Israel to walk.
I took my people up in my arms,[a]
    but they did not acknowledge that I took care of them.
I drew them to me with affection and love.
    I picked them up and held them to my cheek;
    I bent down to them and fed them.[b]

“They refuse to return to me, and so they must return to Egypt, and Assyria will rule them.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 11:3 One ancient translation I … my arms; Hebrew He … his arms.
  2. Hosea 11:4 Verse 4 in Hebrew is unclear.

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