When Israel was a child, I loved him and out of Egypt I called my son. The more they were called, the more they went away; they kept sacrificing to the Baals and burning offerings to idols. Yet it was I who taught Ephraim to walk; I took them up by their arms, but they did not know that I healed them. I led them with cords of kindness, with the bands of love and I became to them as one who eases the yoke on their jaws and I bent down to them and fed them. Hosea 11:1-4
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