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| 11:1 |
When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son.
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| 11:2 |
The more I called them, the more they went from me;they kept sacrificing to the Ba'als, and burning incense to idols.
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| 11:3 |
Yet it was I who taught E'phraim to walk, I took them up in my arms;but they did not know that I healed them.
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| 11:4 |
I led them with cords of compassion, with the bands of love, and I became to them as one, who eases the yoke on their jaws, and I bent down to them and fed them.
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| 11:5 |
They shall return to the land of Egypt, and Assyria shall be their king, because they have refused to return to me.
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| 11:6 |
The sword shall rage against their cities, consume the bars of their gates, and devour them in their fortresses.
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| 11:7 |
My people are bent on turning away from me;so they are appointed to the yoke, and none shall remove it.
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| 11:8 |
How can I give you up, O E'phraim! How can I hand you over, O Israel! How can I make you like Admah! How can I treat you like Zeboi'im! My heart recoils within me, my compassion grows warm and tender.
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| 11:9 |
I will not execute my fierce anger, I will not again destroy E'phraim;for I am God and not man, the Holy One in your midst, and I will not come to destroy.
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| 11:10 |
They shall go after the LORD, he will roar like a lion;yea, he will roar, and his sons shall come trembling from the west;
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| 11:11 |
they shall come trembling like birds from Egypt, and like doves from the land of Assyria;and I will return them to their homes, says the LORD.
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| 11:12 |
E'phraim has encompassed me with lies, and the house of Israel with deceit;but Judah is still known by God, and is faithful to the Holy One.
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