Hosea 11:4

I drew them with cords of man, 1 with bands of ahavah; 1 and I was to them 1 as they that ease the ol (yoke) on their jaws, 1 and I bent down to feed them. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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 unto them.

In Context

3Yet it was I who taught Ephrayim to walk, 1 taking them by their zero'ot; 1 but they knew not 1 that it was I who healed them. 1

5Will they not return into Eretz Mitzrayim? 1 And will not the Assyrian be his melech, 1 because they refused to make teshuvah. 1

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Cross References

Exodus 16:32And Moshe said, This is the thing which Hashem commandeth, Fill an omer of it to be mishmeret (kept) for your dorot; that they may see the lechem wherewith I have fed you in the midbar, when I brought you forth from Eretz Mitzrayim.

Deuteronomy 32:12So Hashem alone did lead him, 1 and there was no el nekhar (strange g-d) with him. 1

2 Samuel 7:14I will be his Av, and he shall be My Ben. + 7:14 HaElohim If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the shevet anashim, and with the floggings of bnei adam;

Psalms 105:40The people asked, and He brought slav (quails), 1 and satisfied them with the lechem Shomayim. 1

Isaiah 63:9In all their tzoros He was afflicted, 1 and the malach of His presence saved them; 1 in His ahavah and in His mercy 1 He redeemed them; 1 and He lifted them up, 1 and carried them kol y'mei olam. 1

Jeremiah 31:3Again I will build thee up, 1 and thou shalt be rebuilt, O Betulat Yisroel; 1 thou shalt again adorn thyself with thy timbrels, 1 and shalt go forth in the dance of merrymakers. 1

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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