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Hosea 11:4 · KJV

“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. {take off: Heb. lift up}”

— Hosea 11:4

Verse 3

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

Verse 5

He shall not return into the land of Egypt, but the Assyrian shall be his king, because they refused to return.

Hosea 11 — Context

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 unto them. {take off: Heb. lift up}

5

He shall not return into the land of Egypt, but the Assyrian shall be his king, because they refused to return.

6

And the sword shall abide on his cities, and shall consume his branches, and devour {them}, because of their own counsels.

Cross References

John 12:32

And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all {men} unto me.

Leviticus 26:13

I {am} the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that ye should not be their bondmen; and I have broken the bands of your yoke, and made you go upright.

2 Corinthians 5:14

For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:

Hosea 2:8

For she did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, {which} they prepared for Baal. {wine: Heb. new wine} {which...: or, wherewith they made Baal}

Isaiah 63:9

In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.

Psalms 78:23-25

Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven,

2 Samuel 7:14

I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men:

Jeremiah 31:2-3

Thus saith the LORD, The people {which were} left of the sword found grace in the wilderness; {even} Israel, when I went to cause him to rest.

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