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href="/kjv/hosea/11.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />When Israel <i>was</i> a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/hosea/11.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“When Israel <i>was</i> a child, I loved him, And out of Egypt I called My son.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/hosea/11.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />When Israel <i>was</i> a youth I loved him, And out of Egypt I called My son.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/hosea/11.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />When Israel was a youth I loved him, And out of Egypt I called My son.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/hosea/11.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />When Israel <i>was</i> a youth I loved him, And out of Egypt I called My son.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/hosea/11.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />When Israel <i>was</i> a youth I loved him, And out of Egypt I called My son.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/hosea/11.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />When Israel was a child [a young nation], I loved him, And I called My son out of Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/hosea/11.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/hosea/11.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called My son. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/hosea/11.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/hosea/11.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />When Israel was a child, I loved him, and I called my son out of Egypt. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/hosea/11.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/hosea/11.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"When Israel was a child, I loved him, and I called my son out of Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/hosea/11.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The LORD says, "When Israel was a child, I loved him and called him out of Egypt as my son. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/hosea/11.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"When Israel was a young child I loved him, and from Egypt I called my son.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/hosea/11.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called My son.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/hosea/11.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />When Israel was a young man, I loved him like a son, and I summoned my son out of Egypt. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/hosea/11.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/hosea/11.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/hosea/11.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/hosea/11.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />“Because Israel [is] a youth, and I love him, "" Out of Egypt I have called for My Son.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/hosea/11.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Because Israel is a youth, and I love him, Out of Egypt I have called for My Son.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/hosea/11.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />When Israel was a child, and I loved him, and I called for my son out of Egypt.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/hosea/11.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />As the morning passeth, so hath the king of Israel Israel was a child, and I loved him: and I called my son out of Egypt. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/hosea/11.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Just as the morning passes, so has the king of Israel passed by. For Israel was a child and I loved him; and out of Egypt I called my son.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/hosea/11.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />When Israel was a child I loved him, out of Egypt I called my son. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/hosea/11.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/hosea/11.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />WHEN Israel was a child, then I loved him, and I called him, my son, out of Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/hosea/11.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Because when Israel was a child, I loved him, and from Egypt I called him my son<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/hosea/11.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />When Israel was a child, then I loved him, And out of Egypt I called My son.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/hosea/11.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Early in the morning were they cast off, the king of Israel has been cast off: for Israel is a child, and I loved him, and out of Egypt have I called his children.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/hosea/11-1.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xpPG1oLnpGk?start=1672" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/hosea/11.htm">Out of Egypt I Called my Son</a></span><br> <span class="reftext">1</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">When</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">Israel</a> <a href="/hebrew/5288.htm" title="5288: na·‘ar (N-ms) -- A boy, lad, youth, retainer. From na'ar; a boy, from the age of infancy to adolescence; by implication, a servant; also, a girl.">was a child,</a> <a href="/hebrew/157.htm" title="157: wā·’ō·hă·ḇê·hū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-1cs:: 3ms) -- To love. Or raheb; a primitive root; to have affection for.">I loved him,</a> <a href="/hebrew/4714.htm" title="4714: ū·mim·miṣ·ra·yim (Conj-w, Prep-m:: N-proper-fs) -- A son of Ham, also his desc. and their country in N.W. Africa. Dual of matsowr; Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt.">and out of Egypt</a> <a href="/hebrew/7121.htm" title="7121: qā·rā·ṯî (V-Qal-Perf-1cs) -- To call, proclaim, read. A primitive root; to call out to.">I called</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: liḇ·nî (Prep-l:: N-msc:: 1cs) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">My son.</a> </span><span class="reftext">2</span>But the more I called Israel, the farther they departed from Me. They sacrificed to the Baals and burned incense to carved images.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/2-15.htm">Matthew 2:15</a></span><br />where he stayed until the death of Herod. This fulfilled what the Lord had spoken through the prophet: “Out of Egypt I called My Son.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/4-22.htm">Exodus 4:22-23</a></span><br />Then tell Pharaoh that this is what the LORD says: ‘Israel is My firstborn son, / and I told you to let My son go so that he may worship Me. But since you have refused to let him go, behold, I will kill your firstborn son!’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/7-6.htm">Deuteronomy 7:6-8</a></span><br />For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all peoples on the face of the earth. / The LORD did not set His affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous than the other peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples. / But because the LORD loved you and kept the oath He swore to your fathers, He brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/31-9.htm">Jeremiah 31:9</a></span><br />They will come with weeping, and by their supplication I will lead them; I will make them walk beside streams of waters, on a level path where they will not stumble. For I am Israel’s Father, and Ephraim is My firstborn.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/63-8.htm">Isaiah 63:8-9</a></span><br />For He said, “They are surely My people, sons who will not be disloyal.” So He became their Savior. / In all their distress, He too was afflicted, and the Angel of His Presence saved them. In His love and compassion He redeemed them; He lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/9-4.htm">Romans 9:4-5</a></span><br />the people of Israel. Theirs is the adoption as sons; theirs the divine glory and the covenants; theirs the giving of the law, the temple worship, and the promises. / Theirs are the patriarchs, and from them proceeds the human descent of Christ, who is God over all, forever worthy of praise! Amen.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/19-5.htm">Exodus 19:5-6</a></span><br />Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine. / And unto Me you shall be a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you are to speak to the Israelites.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/80-8.htm">Psalm 80:8-11</a></span><br />You uprooted a vine from Egypt; You drove out the nations and transplanted it. / You cleared the ground for it, and it took root and filled the land. / The mountains were covered by its shade, and the mighty cedars with its branches. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/1-2.htm">Isaiah 1:2</a></span><br />Listen, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the LORD has spoken: “I have raised children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/malachi/1-2.htm">Malachi 1:2</a></span><br />“I have loved you,” says the LORD. But you ask, “How have You loved us?” “Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the LORD. “Yet Jacob I have loved,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/1-11.htm">John 1:11-12</a></span><br />He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him. / But to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/4-4.htm">Galatians 4:4-5</a></span><br />But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, / to redeem those under the law, that we might receive our adoption as sons.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/8-14.htm">Romans 8:14-17</a></span><br />For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. / For you did not receive a spirit of slavery that returns you to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption to sonship, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!” / The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/3-1.htm">1 John 3:1</a></span><br />Behold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/49-1.htm">Isaiah 49:1-3</a></span><br />Listen to Me, O islands; pay attention, O distant peoples: The LORD called Me from the womb; from the body of My mother He named Me. / He made My mouth like a sharp sword; He hid Me in the shadow of His hand. He made Me like a polished arrow; He hid Me in His quiver. / He said to Me, “You are My Servant, Israel, in whom I will display My glory.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.</p><p class="hdg">Israel.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hosea/2-15.htm">Hosea 2:15</a></b></br> And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/7-7.htm">Deuteronomy 7:7</a></b></br> The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye <i>were</i> the fewest of all people:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/2-2.htm">Jeremiah 2:2</a></b></br> Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land <i>that was</i> not sown.</p><p class="hdg">called.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/4-22.htm">Exodus 4:22</a></b></br> And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel <i>is</i> my son, <i>even</i> my firstborn:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/2-15.htm">Matthew 2:15</a></b></br> And was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/hosea/9-11.htm">Child</a> <a href="/hosea/9-15.htm">Dear</a> <a href="/hosea/9-6.htm">Egypt</a> <a href="/hosea/10-15.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/hosea/9-10.htm">Loved</a> <a href="/hosea/2-15.htm">Youth</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/hosea/13-13.htm">Child</a> <a href="/zechariah/2-8.htm">Dear</a> <a href="/hosea/11-5.htm">Egypt</a> <a href="/hosea/11-2.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/micah/2-9.htm">Loved</a> <a href="/joel/1-8.htm">Youth</a><div class="vheading2">Hosea 11</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/hosea/11-1.htm">The ingratitude of Israel unto God for his benefits.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/hosea/11-5.htm">His judgment.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/hosea/11-8.htm">God's mercy toward them.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/hosea/11-12.htm">Israel's falsehood and Judah's fidelity.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/hosea/11.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/hosea/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/hosea/11.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>When Israel was a child</b><br>This phrase refers to the early stages of the nation of Israel, particularly during the time of the patriarchs and the Exodus. The imagery of Israel as a child highlights the nation's infancy and dependence on God. In biblical context, this period includes the covenant with Abraham and the formative experiences of the Israelites in Egypt. The metaphor of a child is used to emphasize innocence and the nurturing relationship God had with Israel.<p><b>I loved him</b><br>God's love for Israel is a central theme throughout the Old Testament. This love is covenantal, rooted in the promises made to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. It is an unconditional love that persists despite Israel's frequent disobedience. The love mentioned here is not just emotional but also involves God's actions in history, such as delivering Israel from slavery and guiding them through the wilderness.<p><b>and out of Egypt I called My son</b><br>This phrase directly references the Exodus, when God delivered the Israelites from slavery in Egypt. It is a foundational event in Israel's history, symbolizing liberation and the beginning of their identity as God's chosen people. The term "My son" signifies a special relationship, echoing the language used in <a href="/exodus/4-22.htm">Exodus 4:22-23</a>, where God calls Israel His firstborn son. This phrase is also seen as a typological prophecy, later applied to Jesus Christ in <a href="/matthew/2-15.htm">Matthew 2:15</a>, where it is fulfilled in the return of Jesus from Egypt, drawing a parallel between Israel's history and the life of Christ.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>Refers to the nation of Israel, God's chosen people, whom He delivered from slavery in Egypt.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/e/egypt.htm">Egypt</a></b><br>The land where the Israelites were enslaved before God delivered them through Moses.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/g/god's_love.htm">God's Love</a></b><br>The verse highlights God's enduring love for Israel, depicted as a fatherly love for a child.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/c/calling_out_of_egypt.htm">Calling Out of Egypt</a></b><br>This event refers to the Exodus, where God led the Israelites out of bondage.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/p/prophetic_fulfillment.htm">Prophetic Fulfillment</a></b><br>This verse is also seen as a prophecy fulfilled in the New Testament with Jesus' return from Egypt.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_unchanging_love.htm">God's Unchanging Love</a></b><br>God's love for His people is steadfast and enduring, much like a parent's love for their child. This love is not based on merit but on His sovereign choice and covenant promises.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/deliverance_and_redemption.htm">Deliverance and Redemption</a></b><br>Just as God called Israel out of Egypt, He calls us out of spiritual bondage. Reflect on how God has delivered you from past struggles and continues to guide you.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/prophetic_fulfillment.htm">Prophetic Fulfillment</a></b><br><a href="/hosea/11.htm">Hosea 11:1</a> serves as a reminder of the interconnectedness of Scripture, where Old Testament prophecies find fulfillment in the New Testament, particularly in the life of Jesus.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/i/identity_as_god's_children.htm">Identity as God's Children</a></b><br>As believers, we are adopted into God's family. Embrace your identity as a child of God, loved and called for a purpose.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/responding_to_god's_call.htm">Responding to God's Call</a></b><br>Consider how you are responding to God's call in your life. Are you living in obedience and gratitude for His deliverance?<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_hosea_11.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Hosea 11</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_hosea_11_1_apply_to_israel_and_jesus.htm">In Hosea 11:1, how can “Out of Egypt I called my son” refer to both Israel’s exodus and Jesus in Matthew 2:15 without contradiction? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_'out_of_egypt'_mean.htm">What is the meaning of "Out of Egypt I Called My Son"?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_the_meaning_of_abundant_life.htm">What is the meaning of 'Out of Egypt I Called My Son'?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_god_allow_abandonment_in_ezekiel.htm">Why does Ezekiel 16:4–5 describe God allowing the abandonment of a newborn if He is portrayed elsewhere as compassionate and all-powerful? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/hosea/11.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>XI.</span><p>(1) Comp. <a href="/hosea/9-10.htm" title="I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the first ripe in the fig tree at her first time: but they went to Baalpeor, and separated themselves to that shame; and their abominations were according as they loved.">Hosea 9:10</a> and <a href="/context/exodus/4-22.htm" title="And you shall say to Pharaoh, Thus said the LORD, Israel is my son, even my firstborn:">Exodus 4:22-23</a>. In this context there cannot be a prophecy of the Christ, for obstinate conduct and rebellion would thus be involved in the prediction. It is true that <a href="/matthew/2-15.htm" title="And was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son.">Matthew 2:15</a> quotes the passage in illustration of the fact that the true Son of God was also submitted in His youth to the hard schooling of a cruel exile. The calling out of Egypt of the Messiah gave a new indication of the cyclical character of Hebrew history. The passage helps us to understand what is meant by the formula, "that it might be fulfilled," &c.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/hosea/11.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 1.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.</span> Driver uses this verse to exemplify the principle that when the reference is to what is past or certain, rather than to what is future or indefinite, we find the predicate or the apodosis introduced by <span class="hebrew">וַּ</span>, though not with nearly the same frequency as <span class="hebrew">ל</span> perfect and <span class="accented">vav</span> causes <p><span class="note_emph">(1)</span> with subject or object pre-fixed; <p><span class="note_emph">(2)</span> after time-determinations. <p>The life of a nation has its stages of rise, progress, and development, like the life of an individual man. The prophet goes back to that early period when the national life of Israel was in its infancy; it was then that a few patriarchs who had gone down to sojourn in Egypt were becoming a people; the predicate precedes, to emphasize, that early day when Israel became God's peculiar people. The <span class="accented">ray</span> marks the apodosis recording God's love in choosing that people, calling them into the relation of sonship, and delivering them out of Egypt. <span class="accented">Thus</span> Kimchi says, "When Israel was vet a child, <span class="accented">i.e. in</span> Egypt, then I loved him, therefore I am more angry with them than with the rest of the nations; for from their youth onward I have loved them, and delivered them out of the bands of their enemies. But when they transgress my commandments it is incumbent on me to chastise them as a man chastises his son." . . . <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/hosea/11-1.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">When</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּ֛י</span> <span class="translit">(kî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Israel</span><br /><span class="heb">יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל</span> <span class="translit">(yiś·rā·’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> </span><span class="str2">Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc</span><br /><br /><span class="word">was a child,</span><br /><span class="heb">נַ֥עַר</span> <span class="translit">(na·‘ar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5288.htm">Strong's 5288: </a> </span><span class="str2">A boy, lad, youth, retainer</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I loved him,</span><br /><span class="heb">וָאֹהֲבֵ֑הוּ</span> <span class="translit">(wā·’ō·hă·ḇê·hū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_157.htm">Strong's 157: </a> </span><span class="str2">To have affection f</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and out of Egypt</span><br /><span class="heb">וּמִמִּצְרַ֖יִם</span> <span class="translit">(ū·mim·miṣ·ra·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4714.htm">Strong's 4714: </a> </span><span class="str2">Egypt -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their country in Northwest Africa</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I called</span><br /><span class="heb">קָרָ֥אתִי</span> <span class="translit">(qā·rā·ṯî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7121.htm">Strong's 7121: </a> </span><span class="str2">To call, proclaim, read</span><br /><br /><span class="word">My son.</span><br /><span class="heb">לִבְנִֽי׃</span> <span class="translit">(liḇ·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/hosea/11-1.htm">Hosea 11:1 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/hosea/11-1.htm">Hosea 11:1 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/hosea/11-1.htm">Hosea 11:1 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/hosea/11-1.htm">Hosea 11:1 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/hosea/11-1.htm">Hosea 11:1 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/hosea/11-1.htm">Hosea 11:1 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/hosea/11-1.htm">Hosea 11:1 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/hosea/11-1.htm">Hosea 11:1 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/hosea/11-1.htm">Hosea 11:1 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/hosea/11-1.htm">Hosea 11:1 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/hosea/11-1.htm">OT Prophets: Hosea 11:1 When Israel was a child then (Ho Hs Hos.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/hosea/10-15.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Hosea 10:15"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Hosea 10:15" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/hosea/11-2.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Hosea 11:2"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Hosea 11:2" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>