Hosea 11:3

Yet it was I who taught Ephraim to walk. 1 It was I who lifted them up by their arms, 1 but they did not know that I cared for them. 1

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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 they were called, 1 the more they went away from me. 1 They sacrificed to the Baals 1 and burned incense to idols. + 11:2 Some ancient and most modern versions have they went away from me . The Hebrew text has they went away from them . 1

4I led them with cords of humanity, 1 with bands of love. 1 I was to them like someone who eased the yoke on their jaws, 1 and I bent down to them and fed them. 1

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Cross References

Exodus 19:4You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, how I carried you on eagles' wings and brought you to myself.

Numbers 11:11Moses said to Yahweh, “Why have you treated your servant so badly? Why are you not pleased with me? You make me carry the load of all these people.

Deuteronomy 8:2You will call to mind all the ways that Yahweh your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, in order that he might humble you, that he might test you to know what was in your heart, as to whether you would keep his commandments or not.

Deuteronomy 33:27The eternal God is a refuge, 1 and underneath are the everlasting arms. 1 He thrust out the enemy from before you, 1 and he said, “Destroy!” 1

Isaiah 30:26The light of the moon will be like the light of the sun, and the light of the sun will be seven times brighter, like the sunlight of seven days. 1 Yahweh will bind up the breaking of his people and heal the bruises of his wounding them. 1

Isaiah 63:9Through all their suffering, 1 he suffered too, and the angel from his presence saved them. 1 In his love and mercy he saved them, 1 and he lifted them up and carried them through all the ancient times. 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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