Hosea 11:4

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

I led them with kindness and with love, not with ropes. I held them close to me; I bent down to feed them.

Cross References

2 Samuel 7:14

I will be his father, and he will be my son. When he does wrong, I'll see that he is corrected, just as children are corrected by their parents.

Psalm 105:40

When they asked for food, he sent more birds than they could eat.

Exodus 16:32

Moses told the people that the LORD had said, “Store up two litres of this manna, because I want future generations to see the food I gave you during the time you were in the desert after I rescued you from Egypt.”

Song of Solomon 1:4

Hurry, my king! Let's hurry. Take me to your home. We are happy for you! And we praise your love even more than wine. Young women of Jerusalem, it is only right that you should adore him. My skin is dark and beautiful, like a tent in the desert or like Solomon's curtains.

Isaiah 63:9

It troubled the LORD to see them in trouble, and his angel saved them. The LORD was truly merciful, so he rescued his people. He took them in his arms and carried them all those years.

Hosea 2:8

She didn't know that her grain, wine, and olive oil were gifts from me, as were the gold and silver she used in worshipping Baal.

Leviticus 26:13

I am the LORD your God, and I rescued you from Egypt, so that you would never again be slaves. I have set you free; now walk with your heads held high.

John 12:32

If I am lifted up above the earth, I will make everyone want to come to me.”

2 Corinthians 5:14

We are ruled by Christ's love for us. We are certain that if one person died for everyone else, then all of us have died.

Deuteronomy 32:12

Israel, the LORD led you, and without the aid of a foreign god,

Deuteronomy 32:14

Your flocks and herds produced milk and yoghurt, and you got choice meat from your sheep and goats that grazed in Bashan. Your wheat was the finest, and you drank the best wine.