Hosea 11:3

Yet it was I who taught Ephraim to walk, taking them up in my arms, but they did not know that I healed them.

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In The King James Version

I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms; but they knew not that I healed them.

In Context

2The more I called them, the further they went away from me. They kept sacrificing to Baals and making offerings to idols.

4With humane cords I ever drew them, with bands of love. I was to them as one who lifts up the yoke from off their jaws, and bending toward them, I gave them food to eat.

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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 →

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