I led Ephraim also, as one should bear them in his arms: but they knew not that I healed them.

I led them with cords [a]of a man, even with bands of love, and I was to them, as he was taketh off the yoke from their jaws, and I laid the meat unto them.

He shall no more return into the land of Egypt: but Assyria shall be his [b]King, because they refused to convert.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 11:4 That is, friendly: and not as beasts or slaves.
  2. Hosea 11:5 Seeing they contemn all this kindness, they shall be led captive into Assyria.

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