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Hosea 11:10 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" They will walk after the LORD, who will roar like a lion; for he will roar, and the children will come trembling from the west. "
Hosea 11:10
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8 “How can I give you up, Ephraim? How can I hand you over, Israel? How can I make you like Admah? How can I make you like Zeboiim? My heart is turned within me, my compassion is aroused.
9 I will not execute the fierceness of my anger. I will not return to destroy Ephraim, for I am God, and not man—the Holy One among you. I will not come in wrath.
10 They will walk after the LORD, who will roar like a lion; for he will roar, and the children will come trembling from the west.
11 They will come trembling like a bird out of Egypt, and like a dove out of the land of Assyria; and I will settle them in their houses,” says the LORD.
12 Ephraim surrounds me with falsehood, and the house of Israel with deceit. Judah still strays from God, and is unfaithful to the Holy One.
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Hosea 11:1
"“When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt."
Hosea 11:2
"They called to them, so they went from them. They sacrificed to the Baals, and burned incense to engraved images."
Hosea 11:3
"Yet I taught Ephraim to walk. I took them by their arms, but they didn’t know that I healed them."
Hosea 11:4
"I drew them with cords of a man, with ties of love; and I was to them like those who lift up the yoke on their necks; and I bent down to him and I fed him."
Hosea 11:5
"“They won’t return into the land of Egypt; but the Assyrian will be their king, because they refused to repent."
Hosea 11:6
"The sword will fall on their cities, and will destroy the bars of their gates, and will put an end to their plans."
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