Hosea 11:1 - Easy To Read Version \{The Lord said,\}“I loved Israel when he was a child,\par and I called my son out of Egypt.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition WHEN ISRAEL was a child, then I loved him and called My son out of Egypt. [Matt. 2:15.] American Standard Version (1901) When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt. Common English Bible When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son. Catholic Public Domain Version Just as the morning passes, so has the king of Israel passed by. For Israel was a child and I loved him; and out of Egypt I called my son. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version As the morning passeth, so hath the king of Israel passed away. Beacause Israel was a child, and I loved him: and I called my son out of Egypt. |
‘You people have seen what I can do to my enemies. You saw what I did to the people of Egypt. You saw that I carried you out of Egypt like an eagle and brought you here to me.
The Lord says, ‘Israel is my firstborn [35] son. And I am telling you to let my son go and worship me! If you refuse to let Israel go, then I will kill your firstborn son.’”
You are very important to me, so I will honor you. I love you, and I will give all people and nations so you can live.”
“I (the Lord) have abandoned my house.\par I have left my own property. {\cf2\super [101]} \par I have given the one I love (Judah)\par to her enemies.\par
You left me and did all those terrible things. And you never remembered the time when you were young. You did not remember that you were naked and kicking in blood \{when I found you\}.
“‘Then I (God) passed by. I saw you lying there, kicking in the blood. You were covered with blood but I said, “Please live!” Yes, you were covered with blood but I said, “Please live!”
And that will happen to you at Bethel. Why? Because you did so many evil things. \{When that day\} begins, the king of Israel will be fully destroyed.”
But the Lord used a prophet and brought Israel out of Egypt. The Lord used a prophet and kept Israel safe.
“But I have been the Lord your God since \{the time you were in\} the land of Egypt. I will make you live in tents—like during the time of the Tent of Meeting. {\cf2\super [136]}
“I have been the Lord your God since the time you were in the land of Egypt. You did not know any other god except me. I am the One who saved you.
There I will give her fields of grapes. I will give her Achor Valley as a doorway of hope. Then she will answer like the time she came out of the land of Egypt.”
Joseph stayed in Egypt until Herod {\cf2\super [26]} died. This happened to make clear the full meaning of what the Lord said through the prophet. {\cf2\super [27]} The Lord said, “I called my son to come out of Egypt.” {\cf2\super [28]}
Yes, the Lord loves his people. All his holy people are in his hand. They sit at his feet and learn his teachings!
Why did the Lord love and choose you? It was not because you are such a large nation. You had the fewest of all people!