Hosea 11:1
Early in the morning were they cast off, the king of Israel has been cast off: for Israel is a child, and I loved him, and out of Egypt have I called his children.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.
In Context
Cross References
Exodus 4:22And thou shalt say to Pharao, These things saith the Lord, Israel is my first-born.
Deuteronomy 7:7It was not because ye are more numerous than all other nations that the Lord preferred you, and the Lord made choice of you: for ye are fewer in number than all other nations.
Isaiah 43:4Since thou becamest precious in my sight, thou hast become glorious, and I have loved thee: and I will give men for thee, and princes for + 43:4 Gr. head.thy life.
Ezekiel 16:6And I passed by to thee, and saw thee polluted in thy blood; and I said to thee, Let there be life out of thy blood:
Hosea 2:15And I will recompense on her the days of Baalim, wherein she sacrificed to them, and put on her ear-rings, and her necklaces, and went after her lovers, and forgot me, saith the Lord.
Hosea 12:13And Jacob retreated into the plain of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and waited for a wife.
Matthew Henry on Hosea 11:1
In this chapter we have, I. The great goodness of God towards his people Israel, and the great things he had done for them, ver. 1 , 3 , 4 . II. Their ungrateful conduct towards him, notwithstanding his favours towards them, ver. 2-4 , 7 , 12 . III. Threatenings of wrath against them for their ingratitude and treachery, ver. 5, 6 . IV. Mercy remembered in the midst of wrath, ver. 8, 9 . V. Promises of what God would yet do for them, ver. 10, 11 . VI. An honourable character given of Judah, ver. 12 . Read the whole commentary →