The Morning Psalm

Hosea 11:3

King James Version

I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms; but they knew not that I healed them.
Hosea 11:3, KJV

Hosea 11:3 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.

4I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love: and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I laid meat unto them.

5He shall not return into the land of Egypt, but the Assyrian shall be his king, because they refused to return.

About this book

The Book of Hosea — summary, themes & key verses

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