Hosea 11:1
Early in the morning were they cast off, the king of Israel has been cast off: for Israel is a child, and I loved him, and out of Egypt have I called his children.
LXX2012 (US English)
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 you shall say to Pharao, These things says the Lord, Israel is my firstborn.
Deuteronomy 7:7It was not because you⌃ are more numerous than all other nations that the Lord preferred you, and the Lord made choice of you: for you⌃ are fewer in number than all other nations.
Isaiah 43:4Since you became precious in my sight, you have become glorious, and I have loved you: and I will give men for you, and princes for + 43:4 Gr. head your life.
Ezekiel 16:6And I passed by to you, and saw you polluted in your blood; and I said to you, Let there be life out of your blood:
Hosea 2:15And I will giver her possessions from thence, and the valley of Achor to open her understanding: and she shall be afflicted there according to the days of her infancy, and according to the days of her coming up out of the land of Egypt.
Hosea 12:13And the Lord brought Israel out of the land of Egypt by a prophet, and by a prophet was he preserve.
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 →