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Hosea 11

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1When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called My son. ✦ 2But the more I called Israel, the farther they departed from Me. They sacrificed to the Baals and burned incense to carved images. ✦ 3It was I who taught Ephraim to walk, taking them in My arms, but they never realized that it was I who healed them. ✦ 4I led them with cords of kindness, with ropes of love; I lifted the yoke from their necks and bent down to feed them. ✦ 5Will they not return to the land of Egypt and be ruled by Assyria because they refused to repent? ✦ 6A sword will flash through their cities; it will destroy the bars of their gates and consume them in their own plans. ✦ 7My people are bent on turning from Me. Though they call to the Most High, He will by no means exalt them. ✦ 8How could I give you up, O Ephraim? How could I surrender you, O Israel? How could I make you like Admah? How could I treat you like Zeboiim? My heart is turned within Me; My compassion is stirred! ✦ 9I will not execute the full fury of My anger; I will not turn back to destroy Ephraim. For I am God and not man—the Holy One among you—and I will not come in wrath. ✦ 10They will walk after the LORD; He will roar like a lion. When He roars, His children will come trembling from the west. ✦ 11They will come trembling like birds from Egypt and like doves from the land of Assyria. Then I will settle them in their homes, declares the LORD. ✦ 12Ephraim surrounds Me with lies, the house of Israel with deceit; but Judah still walks with God and is faithful to the Holy One. ✦

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Where this chapter connects

Hos 7 ·6Jer 31 ·5Ezek 20 ·4Deut 32 ·4Ps 78 ·4Hos 2 ·4Hos 12 ·42 Kgs 17 ·3

Christ at the center

God's relentless love for an unfaithful bride dramatizes the gospel: 'Out of Egypt I called my son' is fulfilled in Jesus, who redeems an adulterous people at his own cost.

How Hosea 11 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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Commentaries & study tools

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  • CommentaryEnduring Word — Hosea 11David Guzik · Lay · Free · evangelical

    Readable, verse-by-verse exposition of the whole chapter.

  • CommentaryMatthew Henry on HoseaMatthew Henry · Pastoral · Free · evangelical

    The beloved Puritan exposition of this whole book — warm, devotional, and verse by verse (free, CCEL).

  • ReferenceBlue Letter Bible — Hosea 11Blue Letter Bible · Seminary · Free

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