Hosea 11:3-5

New International Reader's Version

³ I taught Ephraim to walk.
    I took them up in my arms.
But they did not realize
    I was the one who took care of them.
⁴ I led them with kindness and love.
I was to them like a person who lifts
    a little child to their cheek.
    I bent down and fed them.