God’s Continuing Love for Israel
11 “When Israel was a 1child, I loved him,
And out of Egypt aI called My bson.
2 2As they called them,
They sacrificed to the Baals,
And burned incense to carved images.
3 “I dtaught Ephraim to walk,
Taking them by 4their arms;
But they did not know that eI healed them.
4 I drew them with 5gentle cords,
With bands of love,
And fI was to them as those who take the yoke from their 6neck.
gI stooped and fed them.
5 “He shall not return to the land of Egypt;
But the Assyrian shall be his king,
Because they refused to repent.
6 And the sword shall slash in his cities,
Devour his districts,
And consume them,
Because of their own counsels.
7 My people are bent on hbacksliding from Me.
Though 7they call 8to the Most High,
None at all exalt Him.
8 “How ican I give you up, Ephraim?
How can I hand you over, Israel?
How can I make you like jAdmah?
How can I set you like Zeboiim?
My heart 9churns within Me;
My sympathy is stirred.
9 I will not execute the fierceness of My anger;
I will not again destroy Ephraim.
kFor I am God, and not man,
The Holy One in your midst;
And I will not 1come with terror.
10 “They shall walk after the Lord.
lHe will roar like a lion.
When He roars,
Then His sons shall come trembling from the west;
11 They shall come trembling like a bird from Egypt,
mLike a dove from the land of Assyria.
nAnd I will let them dwell in their houses,”
Says the Lord.
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