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Hosea 11:4-6
Contemporary English Version

4 I led them with kindness
and with love,
    not with ropes.
I held them close to me;[a]
    I bent down to feed them.

5 But they rejected me,
and so must return to Egypt;
    now Assyria will rule them.
6 War will visit their cities,
    and their plans will fail.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 11.4 I held … to me: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
  2. 11.6 fail: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text of verse 6.
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Hosea 11:4-6
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4 I led them with cords of human kindness,
    with ties of love.(A)
To them I was like one who lifts
    a little child to the cheek,
    and I bent down to feed(B) them.(C)

5 “Will they not return to Egypt(D)
    and will not Assyria(E) rule over them
    because they refuse to repent?(F)
6 A sword(G) will flash in their cities;
    it will devour(H) their false prophets
    and put an end to their plans.

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