Hosea 11:4 - The Scriptures 2009

⁴ “I drew them with ropes of man, with cords of love, and I was to them as those who take the yoke from their neck. And I bent down, fed them.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ I 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love, and I was to them as one who lifts up and eases the yoke over their cheeks, and I bent down to them and gently laid food before them.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love; and I was to them as they that lift up the yoke on their jaws; and I laid food before them.

Common English Bible

⁴ I led them with bands of human kindness, with cords of love. I treated them like those who lift infants to their cheeks; I bent down to them and fed them.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ I will draw them with the cords of Adam, with the bands of love. And I will be to them like one who raises the yoke over their jaws. And I will reach down to him so that he may eat.

Hosea 11:4 Cross References

2 Samuel 7:14

“I am to be his Father, and he is My son. If he does perversely, I shall reprove him with the rod of men and with the blows of the sons of men.

Psalm 105:40

They asked, and He brought quail, And satisfied them with the bread of heaven.

Exodus 16:32

And Mosheh said, “This is the word which יהוה has commanded: ‘Fill an omer with it, to keep for your generations, so that they see the bread with which I fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you out of the land of Mitsrayim.’ ”

Song of Solomon 1:4

Draw me! We run after you. The sovereign has brought me into his inner rooms. We exult and rejoice in you. We praise your carnal-love more than wine. Rightly do they love you.

Isaiah 63:9

In all their distress He was distressed, and the Messenger of His Presence saved them. In His love and in His compassion He redeemed them, and He lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.

Hosea 2:8

“And she did not acknowledge that I gave her grain, and new wine, and oil, and increased her silver and gold which they prepared for Ba‛al.

Leviticus 26:13

‘I am יהוה your Elohim, who brought you out of the land of Mitsrayim, from being their slaves. And I have broken the bars of your yoke and made you walk upright.

John 12:32

And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, shall draw all men unto Myself.”

2 Corinthians 5:14

For the love of Messiah compels us, having judged this: that if One died for all, then all died;

Deuteronomy 32:12

“יהוה alone led him, And there was no strange mighty one with him.

Deuteronomy 32:14

“Curds from the cattle, And milk of the flock, With fat of lambs, And rams of the breed of Bashan, And goats, with the choicest wheat; And you drank wine, the blood of the grapes.