Hosea 11:1

Reversal of the Exodus: Return to Egypt and Exile in Assyria

11:1 When Israel was a young man, I loved him like a son,¹

and I summoned my son² out of Egypt.

Hosea 11:3-4

11:3 Yet it was I who led³ Ephraim,

I took them by the arm;

but they did not acknowledge

that I had healed them.⁴

11:4 I led them with leather⁵ cords,

with leather⁶ ropes;

I lifted the yoke⁷ from their neck,⁸

and gently fed them.⁹