Hosea 11:4 - Easy To Read Version

I led them with ropes. {\cf2\super [119]} \par But they were ropes of love.\par I was like a person who set them free. {\cf2\super [120]} \par I bent down and fed them.\par

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

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)

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

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

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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

I will draw them with the cords of Adam, with the bands of love: and I will be to them as one that taketh off the yoke on their jaws: and I put his meat to him that he might eat.

Hosea 11:4 Tagairtí Cros

2 Samuel 7:14

I will be his father, and he will be my son. [51] When he sins, I will use other people to punish him. They will be my whips.

Psalm 105:40

The people asked for food,\par and God brought them quail.\par God gave them plenty of bread from heaven.\par

Exodus 16:32

Moses said, “The Lord said: ‘Save a basket [110] of this food for your descendants. [111] Then they can see the food that I gave to you in the desert when I took you out of Egypt.’”

Isaiah 63:9

The people had many troubles,\par but the Lord was not against them.\par The Lord loved the people\par and felt sorry for them.\par So the Lord saved them.\par He sent his special angel to save them.\par He picked them up and carried them,\par and \{he will take care of them\} forever.\par

Hosea 2:8

“She (Israel) didn’t know that I (the Lord) was the One who gave her grain, wine, and oil. I kept giving her more and more silver and gold. But the Israelites used this silver and gold to make statues of Baal. {\cf2\super [15]}

Leviticus 26:13

I am the Lord your God. You were slaves in Egypt. But I brought you out of Egypt. You were bent low from the heavy weights you carried as slaves. But I broke the poles that were on your shoulders. I let you walk tall again!

John 12:32

I will be lifted up from the earth. And when this happens, I will bring all people to me.”

2 Corinthians 5:14

The love of Christ controls us. Why? Because we know that One (Christ) has died for all people. So all have died.

Deuteronomy 32:12

“The Lord alone led Jacob (Israel). No foreign gods helped him.

Deuteronomy 32:14

{The Lord gave Israel} butter from the herd and milk from the flock. {He gave Israel} fat lambs and goats, the best rams from Bashan, and the finest wheat. You {people of Israel} drank wine from the red juice of the grape.