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title="Hosea 10">◄</a> Hosea 11 <a href="../hosea/12.htm" title="Hosea 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"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New Living Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nlt/esv/hosea/11.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">The LORD’s Love for Israel</p><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/11-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>“When Israel was a child, I loved him,</p><p class="line2">and I called my son out of Egypt.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/11-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>But the more I called to him,</p><p class="line2">the farther he moved from me,<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a></p><p class="line1">offering sacrifices to the images of Baal</p><p class="line2">and burning incense to idols.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/11-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>I myself taught Israel<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">b</span></a> how to walk,</p><p class="line2">leading him along by the hand.</p><p class="line1">But he doesn’t know or even care</p><p class="line2">that it was I who took care of him.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/11-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>I led Israel along</p><p class="line2">with my ropes of kindness and love.</p><p class="line1">I lifted the yoke from his neck,</p><p class="line2">and I myself stooped to feed him.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/11-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>“But since my people refuse to return to me,</p><p class="line2">they will return to Egypt</p><p class="line2">and will be forced to serve Assyria.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/11-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>War will swirl through their cities;</p><p class="line2">their enemies will crash through their gates.</p><p class="line1">They will destroy them,</p><p class="line2">trapping them in their own evil plans.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/11-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>For my people are determined to desert me.</p><p class="line1">They call me the Most High,</p><p class="line2">but they don’t truly honor me.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/11-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>“Oh, how can I give you up, Israel?</p><p class="line2">How can I let you go?</p><p class="line1">How can I destroy you like Admah</p><p class="line2">or demolish you like Zeboiim?</p><p class="line1">My heart is torn within me,</p><p class="line2">and my compassion overflows.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/11-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>No, I will not unleash my fierce anger.</p><p class="line2">I will not completely destroy Israel,</p><p class="line1">for I am God and not a mere mortal.</p><p class="line2">I am the Holy One living among you,</p><p class="line2">and I will not come to destroy.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/11-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>For someday the people will follow me.</p><p class="line2">I, the LORD, will roar like a lion.</p><p class="line1">And when I roar,</p><p class="line2">my people will return trembling from the west.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/11-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Like a flock of birds, they will come from Egypt.</p><p class="line2">Trembling like doves, they will return from Assyria.</p><p class="line1">And I will bring them home again,”</p><p class="line2">says the LORD.</p><p class="hdg">Charges against Israel and Judah</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/11-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">c</span></a>Israel surrounds me with lies and deceit,</p><p class="line2">but Judah still obeys God</p><p class="line2">and is faithful to the Holy One.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">d</span></a></p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">11:2 </span><span class="ft">As in Greek version; Hebrew reads </span><span class="it">the more they called to him, the farther he moved from them.</span><br><span class="fn">b</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">11:3 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">Ephraim,</span><span class="ft"> referring to the northern kingdom of Israel; also in 11:8, 9, 12.</span><br><span class="fn">c</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">11:12a </span><span class="ft">Verse 11:12 is numbered 12:1 in Hebrew text.</span><br><span class="fn">d</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">11:12b </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="it">and Judah is unruly against God, the faithful Holy One.</span><span class="ft"> The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain.</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. 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