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Israel called to the Egyptians(A)
even as Israel was leaving them.[a]
They kept sacrificing to the Baals(B)
and burning offerings to idols.(C)
It was I who taught Ephraim to walk,(D)
taking them[b] by the hand,[c](E)
but they never knew that I healed them.(F)
I led them with human cords,
with ropes of love.(G)
To them I was like one
who eases the yoke from their jaws;(H)
I bent down to give them food.(I)

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Footnotes

  1. 11:2 Lit They called to them; thus they went from before them
  2. 11:3 LXX, Syr, Vg; MT reads him
  3. 11:3 Lit them on his arms