Hosea 11

New International Version

God’s Love for Israel

11 “When Israel was a child,^(A) I loved^(B) him,
    and out of Egypt I called my son.^(C)
²But the more they were called,
    the more they went away from me.^[a]^(D)
They sacrificed to the Baals^(E)
    and they burned incense to images.^(F)
³It was I who taught Ephraim to walk,
    taking them by the arms;^(G)
but they did not realize
    it was I who healed^(H) them.
⁴I led them with cords of human kindness,
    with ties of love.^(I)
To them I was like one who lifts
    a little child to the cheek,
    and I bent down to feed^(J) them.^(K)

⁵“Will they not return to Egypt^(L)
    and will not Assyria^(M) rule over them
    because they refuse to repent?^(N)
⁶A sword^(O) will flash in their cities;
    it will devour^(P) their false prophets
    and put an end to their plans.
⁷My people are determined to turn^(Q) from me.^(R)
    Even though they call me God Most High,
    I will by no means exalt them.

⁸“How can I give you up,^(S) Ephraim?^(T)
    How can I hand you over, Israel?
How can I treat you like Admah?
    How can I make you like Zeboyim?^(U)
My heart is changed within me;
    all my compassion^(V) is aroused.^(W)
⁹I will not carry out my fierce anger,^(X)
    nor will I devastate^(Y) Ephraim again.
For I am God, and not a man^(Z)—
    the Holy One^(AA) among you.
    I will not come against their cities.
¹⁰They will follow the Lord;
    he will roar^(AB) like a lion.^(AC)
When he roars,
    his children will come trembling^(AD) from the west.^(AE)
¹¹They will come from Egypt,
    trembling like sparrows,
    from Assyria,^(AF) fluttering like doves.^(AG)
I will settle them in their homes,”^(AH)
    declares the Lord.

Israel’s Sin

¹²Ephraim has surrounded me with lies,^(AI)
Israel with deceit.
And Judah is unruly against God,
even against the faithful^(AJ) Holy One.^[b]^(AK)

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Footnotes

Hosea 11:2 Septuagint; Hebrew them
Hosea 11:12 In Hebrew texts this verse (11:12) is numbered 12:1.

Acts 21:17-40

New International Version

Paul’s Arrival at Jerusalem

¹⁷When we arrived at Jerusalem, the brothers and sisters^(A) received us warmly.^(B) ¹⁸The next day Paul and the rest of us went to see James,^(C) and all the elders^(D) were present. ¹⁹Paul greeted them and reported in detail what God had done among the Gentiles^(E) through his ministry.^(F)

²⁰When they heard this, they praised God. Then they said to Paul: “You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews have believed, and all of them are zealous^(G) for the law.^(H) ²¹They have been informed that you teach all the Jews who live among the Gentiles to turn away from Moses,^(I) telling them not to circumcise their children^(J) or live according to our customs.^(K) ²²What shall we do? They will certainly hear that you have come, ²³so do what we tell you. There are four men with us who have made a vow.^(L) ²⁴Take these men, join in their purification rites^(M) and pay their expenses, so that they can have their heads shaved.^(N) Then everyone will know there is no truth in these reports about you, but that you yourself are living in obedience to the law. ²⁵As for the Gentile believers, we have written to them our decision that they should abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals and from sexual immorality.”^(O)

²⁶The next day Paul took the men and purified himself along with them. Then he went to the temple to give notice of the date when the days of purification would end and the offering would be made for each of them.^(P)

Paul Arrested

²⁷When the seven days were nearly over, some Jews from the province of Asia saw Paul at the temple. They stirred up the whole crowd and seized him,^(Q) ²⁸shouting, “Fellow Israelites, help us! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against our people and our law and this place. And besides, he has brought Greeks into the temple and defiled this holy place.”^(R) ²⁹(They had previously seen Trophimus^(S) the Ephesian^(T) in the city with Paul and assumed that Paul had brought him into the temple.)

³⁰The whole city was aroused, and the people came running from all directions. Seizing Paul,^(U) they dragged him^(V) from the temple, and immediately the gates were shut. ³¹While they were trying to kill him, news reached the commander of the Roman troops that the whole city of Jerusalem was in an uproar. ³²He at once took some officers and soldiers and ran down to the crowd. When the rioters saw the commander and his soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.^(W)

³³The commander came up and arrested him and ordered him to be bound^(X) with two^(Y) chains.^(Z) Then he asked who he was and what he had done. ³⁴Some in the crowd shouted one thing and some another,^(AA) and since the commander could not get at the truth because of the uproar, he ordered that Paul be taken into the barracks.^(AB) ³⁵When Paul reached the steps,^(AC) the violence of the mob was so great he had to be carried by the soldiers. ³⁶The crowd that followed kept shouting, “Get rid of him!”^(AD)

Paul Speaks to the Crowd^(AE)

³⁷As the soldiers were about to take Paul into the barracks,^(AF) he asked the commander, “May I say something to you?”

“Do you speak Greek?” he replied. ³⁸“Aren’t you the Egyptian who started a revolt and led four thousand terrorists out into the wilderness^(AG) some time ago?”^(AH)

³⁹Paul answered, “I am a Jew, from Tarsus^(AI) in Cilicia,^(AJ) a citizen of no ordinary city. Please let me speak to the people.”

⁴⁰After receiving the commander’s permission, Paul stood on the steps and motioned^(AK) to the crowd. When they were all silent, he said to them in Aramaic^[a]:^(AL)

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