Hosea 11:2

Hosea 11:2

God’s Continuing Love for Israel

1 “When Israel was a¹ child, I loved him,
And out of Egypt ^aI called My ^bson.

2 ¹As they called them,
So they ^awent from them;
They sacrificed to the Baals,
And burned incense to carved images.

3 “I^a taught Ephraim to walk,
Taking them by¹ their arms;
But they did not know that ^bI healed them.

4 I drew them with¹ gentle cords,
With bands of love,
And ^aI was to them as those who take the yoke from their¹ neck.
^bI stooped and fed them.

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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As they called them—"they," namely, monitors sent by Me. "Called," in Hosea 11:1, suggests the idea of the many subsequent calls by the prophets.

went from them—turned away in contempt (Jeremiah 2:27).

Baalim—images of Baal, set up in various places.

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