Hosea 11:1

King James Version

When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.

Hosea 11:1KJV

Hosea 11:1 in context

1When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.

2As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven images.

3I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms; but they knew not that I healed them.

Relentless love — a prophet's marriage as a living picture of God's faithful heart.