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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Hosea 11 CEV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/hosea/11.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" 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12">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Contemporary English Version</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s1">God's Love for His People</h3><p class="q1"><span class="v28_11_1"><span class="reftext" id="Hos.11.1" class="v28_11_1">1</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Hos.11.1!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> When Israel was a child,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_11_1">I loved him, and I called</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_11_1">my son out of Egypt.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_11_2"><span class="reftext" id="Hos.11.2" class="v28_11_2">2</span>But as the saying goes,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_11_2">“The more they were called,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_11_2">the more they rebelled.”<a href="#fn" id="link_Hos.11.2!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_11_2">They never stopped offering</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_11_2">incense and sacrifices</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_11_2">to the idols of Baal.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_11_3"><span class="reftext" id="Hos.11.3" class="v28_11_3">3</span>I took Israel by the arm</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_11_3">and taught them to walk.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_11_3">But they would not admit</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_11_3">that I was the one</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_11_3">who had healed them.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_11_4"><span class="reftext" id="Hos.11.4" class="v28_11_4">4</span>I led them with kindness</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_11_4">and with love,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_11_4">not with ropes.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_11_4">I held them close to me;<a href="#fn" id="link_Hos.11.4!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_11_4">I bent down to feed them.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_11_5"><span class="reftext" id="Hos.11.5" class="v28_11_5">5</span>But they rejected me,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_11_5">and so must return to Egypt;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_11_5">now Assyria will rule them.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_11_6"><span class="reftext" id="Hos.11.6" class="v28_11_6">6</span>War will visit their cities,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_11_6">and their plans will fail.<a href="#fn" id="link_Hos.11.6!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_11_7"><span class="reftext" id="Hos.11.7" class="v28_11_7">7</span>My people are determined</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_11_7">to reject me for a god</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_11_7">they think is stronger,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_11_7">but he can't help.<a href="#fn" id="link_Hos.11.7!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_11_8"><span class="reftext" id="Hos.11.8" class="v28_11_8">8</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Hos.11.8!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Israel, I can't let you go.</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_11_8">I can't give you up.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_11_8">How could I possibly destroy you</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_11_8">as I did the towns of Admah</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_11_8">and Zeboiim?<a href="#fn" id="link_Hos.11.8!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_11_8">I just can't do it.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_11_8">My feelings for you</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_11_8">are much too strong.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_11_9"><span class="reftext" id="Hos.11.9" class="v28_11_9">9</span>Israel, I won't lose my temper</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_11_9">and destroy you again.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_11_9">I am the Holy God—</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_11_9">not merely some human,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_11_9">and I won't stay angry.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_11_10"><span class="reftext" id="Hos.11.10" class="v28_11_10">10</span>I, the <span class="nd">Lord</span>, will roar like a lion,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_11_10">and my children will return,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_11_10">trembling from the west.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_11_11"><span class="reftext" id="Hos.11.11" class="v28_11_11">11</span>They will come back,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_11_11">fluttering like birds from Egypt</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_11_11">or like doves from Assyria.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_11_11">Then I will bring them</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_11_11">back to their homes.</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_11_11">I, the <span class="nd">Lord</span>, have spoken!</span></p><h3 class="s1">Israel and Judah Compared</h3><p class="q1"><span class="v28_11_12"><span class="reftext" id="Hos.11.12" class="v28_11_12">12</span>Israel is deceitful to me,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_11_12">their loyal and holy God;</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_11_12">they surround me with lies,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_11_12">and Judah worships</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_11_12">other gods.<a href="#fn" id="link_Hos.11.12!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="b"></p> <a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">11.2 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">But … rebelled: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">11.4 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">I held … to me: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">11.6 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">fail: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text of verse 6.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">11.7 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">help: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text of verse 7.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">11.8 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Admah and Zeboiim: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">When the <char style="nd">Lord</char> destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, he also destroyed these two towns (see Deuteronomy 29.23).</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">11.12 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">and Judah worships other gods: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Or “but Judah remains faithful.”</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Contemporary English Version, Second Edition (CEV®)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 2006 American Bible Society. 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