Hosea 11

11^aWhen Israel was a child, then ^bI loved him,

And ^ccalled ^dmy son out of Egypt.

²As ^ethey called them, so they went from them:

^fThey sacrificed unto Baalim, and ^fburned incense to graven images.

^3gI taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms;

But they knew not that ^hI healed them.

⁴ⁱI drew them with cords ^kof a man, with bands of love:

And ^lI was to them ^kas they that ^†take off the yoke on their jaws,

And ^mI laid meat unto them.

⁵ⁿHe shall not return into the land of Egypt,

But ^othe Assyrian shall be his king,

^pBecause they refused to return.

^6*And the sword shall ^qabide on his cities,

And shall consume his ^rbranches, and devour them,

^sBecause of their own counsels.

⁷And my people are bent ^tto backsliding from me:

^eThough they called them to ^uthe most High,

^†None at all would ^vexalt him.

^8wHow shall I give thee up, Ephraim?

How shall I deliver thee, Israel?

How shall I make thee as ^xyAdmah?

How shall I set thee as ^yZeboim?

Mine heart is turned ^zwithin me,

^aMy repentings ^bare kindled together.

⁹I will not execute the fierceness of mine anger,

I will not return to destroy Ephraim:

^cFor I am God, and not man;

^dThe Holy One ^din the midst of thee:

And I will not enter into the city.

^10eThey shall walk after the Lord: ^fhe shall roar ^glike a lion:

When he shall roar, then the children shall tremble ^hfrom the west.

¹¹They shall tremble as a bird ⁱout of Egypt,

And ^jas a dove ^ikout of the land of Assyria:

And ^lI will place them in their houses, saith the Lord.

¹²Ephraim compasseth me about with lies, and the house of Israel with deceit:

^mBut Judah yet ⁿruleth with God, and is faithful ^||with ^othe saints.