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Hosea 11:1

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

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From my earliest youth my enemies have persecuted me. Let all Israel repeat this:

‘You have seen what I did to the Egyptians. You know how I carried you on eagles’ wings and brought you to myself.

Then you will tell him, ‘This is what the Lord says: Israel is my firstborn son.

I commanded you, “Let my son go, so he can worship me.” But since you have refused, I will now kill your firstborn son!’”

Others were given in exchange for you. I traded their lives for yours because you are precious to me. You are honored, and I love you.

“I have abandoned my people, my special possession. I have surrendered my dearest ones to their enemies.

“Go and shout this message to Jerusalem. This is what the Lord says: “I remember how eager you were to please me as a young bride long ago, how you loved me and followed me even through the barren wilderness.

In all your years of adultery and detestable sin, you have not once remembered the days long ago when you lay naked in a field, kicking about in your own blood.

“But I came by and saw you there, helplessly kicking about in your own blood. As you lay there, I said, ‘Live!’

You will share that fate, Bethel, because of your great wickedness. When the day of judgment dawns, the king of Israel will be completely destroyed.

Then by a prophet the Lord brought Jacob’s descendants out of Egypt; and by that prophet they were protected.

“But I am the Lord your God, who rescued you from slavery in Egypt. And I will make you live in tents again, as you do each year at the Festival of Shelters.

“I have been the Lord your God ever since I brought you out of Egypt. You must acknowledge no God but me, for there is no other savior.

I will return her vineyards to her and transform the Valley of Trouble into a gateway of hope. She will give herself to me there, as she did long ago when she was young, when I freed her from her captivity in Egypt.

“I have always loved you,” says the Lord. But you retort, “Really? How have you loved us?” And the Lord replies, “This is how I showed my love for you: I loved your ancestor Jacob,

and they stayed there until Herod’s death. This fulfilled what the Lord had spoken through the prophet: “I called my Son out of Egypt.”

Indeed, he loves his people; all his holy ones are in his hands. They follow in his steps and accept his teaching.

“The Lord did not set his heart on you and choose you because you were more numerous than other nations, for you were the smallest of all nations!




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