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Hosea 11:2 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: 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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1 When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.

2 As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven images.

3 I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms; but they knew not that I healed

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

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From This Chapter

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."

Hosea 11:7

"And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the most High, none at all would exalt"
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