Hosea 11:4
I led them along with cords of kindness, with ropes of love. I was the one who eased their burden and bent down to feed them.
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Exodus 16:32Moses said, “This is what the Lord has ordered: ‘Keep an omer of manna as a reminder for future generations, so that they can see the food I used to feed you in the desert when I led you out of Egypt.’”
Deuteronomy 32:12The Lord was the only one who led you; no foreign god was with him.
2 Samuel 7:14I will be a father to him, and he will be a son to me. If he does wrong, I will discipline him with the rod like people do, like a parent punishing a child.
Psalms 105:40He gave them quails to eat when they asked him; he fed them with the bread of heaven until they were full.
Isaiah 63:9He suffered with them in all their suffering, and the angel of his presence saved them. In his love and kindness he redeemed them. He picked them up and carried them all throughout those years long ago.
Jeremiah 31:3Long ago the Lord came and told us, My love for you will last forever. I hold you close to me with my trustworthy love.
Matthew Henry on Hosea 11:2-8
God's Goodness to Israel; The Ingratitude of Israel; God's Displeasure with Israel. ( b. c. 730.) 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 them. 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… Read the whole commentary →