Hosea 11 - Hebrew Names version (HNV)

¹ *When Yisra'el was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.

² They called to them, so they went from them. They sacrificed to the Ba`alim, and burned incense to engraved images.

³ Yet I taught Efrayim to walk. I took them by his arms; but they didn't know that I healed them.

⁴ I drew them with cords of a man, with ties of love; and I was to them like those who lift up the yoke on their necks; and I bent down to him and I fed him.

⁵ *They won't return into the land of Egypt; but the Ashur will be their king, because they refused to repent.

⁶ The sword will fall on their cities, and will destroy the bars of their gates, and will put an end to their plans.

⁷ My people are determined to turn from me. Though they call to the Elyon, he certainly won't exalt them.

⁸ *How can I give you up, Efrayim? How can I hand you over, Yisra'el? How can I make you like Admah? How can I make you like Tzevoyim? My heart is turned within me, my compassion is aroused.

⁹ I will not execute the fierceness of my anger. I will not return to destroy Efrayim: for I am God, and not man; the Holy One in the midst of you; and I will not come in wrath.

¹⁰ They will walk after the LORD, who will roar like a lion; for he will roar, and the children will come trembling from the west.

¹¹ They will come trembling like a bird out of Egypt, and like a dove out of the land of Ashur; and I will settle them in their houses,* says the LORD.

¹² Efrayim surrounds me with falsehood, and the house of Yisra'el with deceit. Yehudah still strays from God, and is unfaithful to the Holy One.