Hosea 11:4
When men were destroyed, I drew them with the bands of my love: and I will be to them as a man smiting another on his cheek: and I will have respect to him, I will prevail with him.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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In Context
3Yet I bound the feet of Ephraim, I took him on my arm; but they knew not that I healed them.
5Ephraim dwelt in Egypt; and as for the Assyrian, he was his king, because he would not return.
Cross References
Exodus 16:32And Moses said, This is the thing which the Lord hath commanded, Fill an omer with manna, to be laid up for your generations; that they may see the bread which ye ate in the wilderness, when the Lord led you forth out of the land of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 32:12The Lord alone led them, 1 There was no strange god with them. 1
2 Samuel 7:14I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son. And when he happens to transgress, then will I chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the sons of men.
Psalms 105:40So the Lord was very angry with his people, 1 And he abhorred his inheritance. 1
Isaiah 63:9out of all their affliction: not an ambassador, nor a messenger, but himself saved them, because he loved them and spared them: he himself redeemed them, and took them up, and lifted them up all the days of old.
Jeremiah 31:3for there is a voice of men crying out of Horonaim, destruction and great ruin.
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 →