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“As a man would lead his favorite ox,[a] so I led Israel with my ropes of love. I loosened his muzzle so he could eat. I myself have stooped and fed him. But my people shall return to Egypt and Assyria because they won’t return to me.

“War will swirl through their cities; their enemies will crash through their gates and trap them in their own fortresses.

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  1. Hosea 11:4 As a man would lead his favorite ox, implied.

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