11Hosea 11

1As the morning passeth, so hath the king of Israel passed away. Because Israel was a child, and I loved him: and I called my son out of Egypt.Select Hosea 11:1

2As they called them, they went away from before their face: they offered victims to Baalim, and sacrificed to idols.Select Hosea 11:2

3And I was like a foster father to Ephraim, I carried them in my arms: and they knew not that I healed them.Select Hosea 11:3

4I will draw them with the cords of Adam, with the bands of love: and I will be to them as one that taketh off the yoke on their jaws: and I put his meat to him that he might eat.Select Hosea 11:4

5He shall not return into the land of Egypt, but the Assyrian shall be his king: because they would not be converted.Select Hosea 11:5

6The sword hath begun in his cities, and it shall consume his chosen men, and shall devour their heads.Select Hosea 11:6

7And my people shall long for my return: but a yoke shall be put upon them together, which shall not be taken off.Select Hosea 11:7

8How shall I deal with thee, O Ephraim, shall I protect thee, O Israel? how shall I make thee as Adama, shall I set thee as Seboim? my heart is turned within me, my repentance is stirred up.Select Hosea 11:8

9I will not execute the fierceness of my wrath: I will not return to destroy Ephraim: because I am God, and not man: the holy one in the midst of thee, and I will not enter into the city.Select Hosea 11:9

10They shall walk after the Lord, he shall roar as a lion: because he shall roar, and the children of the sea shall fear.Select Hosea 11:10

11And they shall fly away like a bird out of Egypt, and like a dove out of the land of the Assyrians: and I will place them in their own houses, saith the Lord.Select Hosea 11:11

12Ephraim hath compassed me about with denials, and the house of Israel with deceit: but Juda went down as a witness with God, and is faithful with the saints.Select Hosea 11:12