Hosea 11

Thomson(i) 1 [p] Early in the morning they have been rejected! the king of Israel is cast off! [J] When Israel was young I loved him, and I called his children out of Egypt. 2 The more I called them, the more they ran from my presence. They sacrificed to the Baalim s, and burned incense to graven images; 3 therefore I bound Ephraim's feet. I took him up in my arms. When they did not know that I heal by the destruction of men, I bound them with the cords of my love. 4 Now I will be to them as a man who slappeth his cheeks, and I will keep an eye upon him, and exercise authority over him. 5 Ephraim dwelt in Egypt, though Assur was his king. 6 Because he refused to return, he was weakened in his cities by the sword. And it caused him to rest with his hands; and they shall eat the fruit of their devices. 7 [p] His people are indeed in imminent danger of being removed from their dwelling, will God be provoked against his honours so as never to exalt him? 8 [J] What shall I do with thee, Ephraim? Shall I shield thee, Israel? What must I do with thee? Shall I make thee as Adama and as Seboim? My heart relenteth for him. My compassion is moved. 9 I will not act according to the fierceness of mine indignation, I will not give up Ephraim to utter destruction. For I am God and am not man; The Holy One in the midst of thee. [p] Am I then not to enter a city? 10 Am I to follow the Lord? Will he roar like a lion? And because of his roaring, will the children of waters be affrighted? 11 [J] They shall be frighted like a bird out of Egypt, and like a dove out of the land of the Assyrians. And I will bring them back to their own homes, saith the Lord. 12 Ephraim encompassed me with a lie, and the house of Israel and Juda, with impieties. Now God had acknowledged them, and they were to be called the holy people of God: