Hosea 11:1-7
Hosea 11:1-7 TPT
“I have deeply loved Israel from his very beginning. From Egypt, I called my son. The more the people of Israel were invited to come to me, the more they turned away from me. They sacrificed to the Baal-idols and burned incense to pagan images even though I was the one who taught Israel to walk. I took them up in my arms and carried them, yet they did not acknowledge that I was their healer. I gently pulled them to my heart with the cords of affectionate love. I stooped down to care for them and gently fed them. I showed them the same kind of tender love as one who picks up an infant and holds it to his cheek.” “Israel will return to the land of Egypt, and Assyria will rule over them because they refused to return to me. The whirlwind of war will break down the bars of their gates and ravage their cities in return for all their schemes. My people are bent on turning away from me, and together they call upon Baal, who will not help them at all.”
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