Hosea 11:1
When Israel was yet young, then I loved him, and out of Egypt did I call my son.
Leeser Tanakh
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 unto Pharaoh, Thus hath said the Lord, My son, my first-born, is Israel.
Deuteronomy 7:7Not because ye are more in number than all the nations, did the Lord desire you and make choice of you; for ye are the fewest of all the nations;
Isaiah 43:4Since thou art precious in my eyes, art honorable, and I indeed do love thee: therefore will I give men in place of thee, and nations instead of thy soul.
Ezekiel 16:6But I passed then by thee, and I saw thee stained with thy own blood, and I said unto thee, In thy blood, live; yea, I said unto thee, In thy blood, live.
Hosea 2:15(2:17) And I will give her [again] her vineyards from there, and the valley of 'Achor [[sorrow]] as an entrance for hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as on the day of her coming up out of the land of Egypt.
Hosea 12:13(12:14) And by a prophet did the Lord bring Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he guarded.
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 →