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Hosea 11:3-5
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Hosea 11:3-5
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
3 Yet it was I who taught Ephraim to walk;
I took them up in my[a] arms,
but they did not know that I healed them.(A)
4 I led them with cords of human kindness,
with bands of love.
I was to them like those
who lift infants to their cheeks.[b]
I bent down to them and fed them.(B)
5 They shall return to the land of Egypt,
and Assyria shall be their king,
because they have refused to return to me.(C)
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