en_cjb - Hos 11 - Ozzuu Bible

¹ “When Isra’el was a child, I loved him; and out of Egypt I called my son.

² But the more [the prophets] called them, the farther they went from them. They sacrificed to the ba‘alim and offered incense to idols.

³ “Yet it was I who taught Efrayim to walk; I took them by their arms. But they did not know that it was I who was healing them,

⁴ who was guiding them on through human means with reins made of love. With them I was like someone removing the yoke from their jaws, and I bent down to feed them.

⁵ He will not return to the land of Egypt, but Ashur will be his king, because they refused to repent.

⁶ The sword will fall on his cities, destroying the bars of his gates, because they follow their own advice.

⁷ My people are hanging in suspense about returning to me; and though they call them upwards, nobody makes a move.

⁸ Efrayim, how can I give you up, or surrender you, Isra’el? How could I treat you like Admah or make you like Tzvoyim? My heart recoils at the idea, as compassion warms within me.

⁹ I will not give vent to the fierceness of my rage, I will not return to destroy Efrayim; for I am God, not a human being, the Holy One among you; so I will not come in fury.

¹⁰ They will go after ADONAI, who will roar like a lion; for he will roar, and the children will come trembling from the west.

¹¹ They will tremble like a bird as they come from Egypt, like a dove as they come from the land of Ashur; and I will resettle them in their own houses, says ADONAI.