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Hosea 11:2 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven images. "
Hosea 11:2
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When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.
As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven images.
I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms; but they knew not that I healed
I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love: and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I laid meat
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Hosea 11:1
"When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt."
Hosea 11:3
"I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms; but they knew not that I healed"
Hosea 11:4
"I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love: and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I laid meat"
Hosea 11:5
"He shall not return into the land of Egypt, but the Assyrian shall be his king, because they refused to return."
Hosea 11:6
"And the sword shall abide on his cities, and shall consume his branches, and devour them, because of their own counsels."
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