Hosea 11

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1 At the dawn the king of Israel will perish! When Israel was young, I loved him and called my son from Egypt.
2 They were called, and they went away from their faces: they sacrificed Baalim and censured the idols.
3 I myself taught Ephraim to walk, carried it in His arms, and they did not realize that I was healing them.
4 I have entangled them with the bonds of men, with the bonds of love, and was for them, as it were, raising the yoke from their jaws, and affectionately laying food upon them.
5 He will not return to Egypt, but Assur - he will be his king, because they did not want to turn [to Me].
6th And the sword shall fall upon his cities, and he shall destroy his gates, and shall devour them for their designs.
7th My people are stagnant in falling away from me, and although they call upon him to the high, he does not rise unanimously.

8 How shall I do to you, Ephraim? How will I betray you, Israel? Shall I do unto thee, as with Adam, will I do thee, that to Neboite? My heart turned in me, all my pity was kindled!
9 I will not do according to the fury of my wrath, I will not destroy Ephraim, for I am God, and not man; In the midst of you is the Holy One; I will not enter the city.
10 After the Lord they will go; As a lion, he will give his voice, he will give his voice, and the sons from the west will rise to him,
eleven They will flutter from Egypt like birds, and from the land of Assyria, like doves, and I will cause them to enter into their houses, says the Lord.
12 Ephraim has surrounded me with lies, and the house of Israel with deceit; Judas held on to God and was faithful with the saints.

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