Hosea 11:1
I loved Israel when he was a child. He's my son I called out of Egypt.
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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 4:22This is what you are to tell Pharaoh, ‘This is what the Lord says. Israel is my firstborn son.
Deuteronomy 7:7It wasn't because there were so many of you that the Lord loved you more than any other nation, in fact he chose you though there were so few of you.
Isaiah 43:4Because you are so valuable to me, because I honor you, and because I love you, I give people in exchange for you, nations in exchange for your lives.
Ezekiel 16:6But I passed by and saw you kicking, covered in your own blood. As you were lying there in your blood I told you, ‘I want you to live!’ I said to you right there, ‘I want you to live!’
Hosea 2:15There I will return her vineyards to her and make the Valley of Achor a door of hope. There she will respond to me as she did when she was young, as in the time when she left the land of Egypt.
Hosea 12:13Through a prophet the Lord brought Israel up from Egypt, and by a prophet they were cared for.
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 →