New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (nwt, en_US, 2013)
Hosea
Hosea, 11
1 “When Israel was a boy, I loved him, And out of Egypt I called my son.
2 The more they*1 called them, The more they went away from them. They kept sacrificing to the Baʹal images And offering sacrifices to the graven images.
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3 But it was I who taught Eʹphra·im to walk, taking them in my arms; And they did not acknowledge that I had healed them.
4 With the ropes of men*1 I kept drawing them, with the cords of love; And I was to them like one lifting a yoke from their jaws, And I gently brought food to each one.
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5 They will not return to the land of Egypt, but As·syrʹi·a will be their king, Because they refused to return to me.
6 And a sword will whirl against his cities And destroy his bars and devour them because of their schemes.
7 My people are bent on unfaithfulness to me. Though they called them upward,*1 no one rises up.
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8 How can I give you up, O Eʹphra·im? How can I hand you over, O Israel? How can I treat you like Adʹmah? How can I make you like Ze·boiʹim? I have had a change of heart; At the same time my compassions are stirred.*1
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9 I will not vent my burning anger. I will not destroy Eʹphra·im again, For I am God and not man, The Holy One in your midst; And I will not come against you in fury.
10 They will walk after Jehovah, and he will roar like a lion; When he roars, his sons will come trembling from the west.
11 They will tremble like a bird when they come out of Egypt, Like a dove out of the land of As·syrʹi·a; And I will settle them in their houses,” declares Jehovah.
12 “Eʹphra·im has surrounded me with lies, And the house of Israel with deceit. But Judah still roams*1 with God, And he is faithful to the Most Holy One.”
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