Hosea 11 (NET)

Hosea 11:1¹“When Israel was a young man, I loved him like a son, and I summoned my son out of Egypt.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 2:15Exod 4:22Hos 13:4Hos 2:15Jer 2:2Deut 7:7Ezek 16:6Hos 12:13Mal 1:2

Hosea 11:2²But the more I summoned them, the farther they departed from me. They sacrificed to the Baal idols and burned incense to images.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Hos 2:13Jer 18:15Isa 65:72 Kgs 17:13-16Acts 7:51Hos 11:7Hos 13:1-2John 3:191 Kgs 12:331 Kgs 16:31-32

Hosea 11:3³Yet it was I who led Ephraim; I took them by the arm, but they did not acknowledge that I had healed them.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 1:31Exod 15:26Jer 30:17Hos 7:15Acts 13:18Deut 32:10-12Deut 8:2Exod 23:25Hos 14:4Hos 2:8

Hosea 11:4⁴I drew them with leather cords, with straps of hide; I lifted the yoke from their neck, and gently fed them.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:John 12:32Lev 26:132 Cor 5:142 Sam 7:14Hos 2:8Isa 63:9Jer 31:2-3Ps 78:23-25Ps 105:40Song 1:4

Hosea 11:5⁵They will return to Egypt! Assyria will rule over them because they refuse to repent!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Hos 7:16Hos 8:132 Kgs 17:13-14Hos 10:6Hos 9:32 Kgs 15:192 Kgs 15:292 Kgs 17:3-62 Kgs 18:11-12Amos 4:6

Hosea 11:6⁶A sword will flash in their cities, it will destroy the bars of their city gates, and will devour them in their fortresses.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Hos 13:16Hos 10:14Hos 10:6Deut 28:52Deut 32:25Ezek 15:2-7Ezek 20:47Isa 18:5Isa 27:10Isa 30:1

Hosea 11:7⁷My people are obsessed with turning away from me; they call to Baal, but he will never exalt them!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 8:5Amos 5:14-15Amos 5:4-6Hos 11:2Hos 14:4Hos 7:16Jer 3:11Jer 3:6-8Prov 14:14Ps 78:57-58

Hosea 11:8⁸“How can I give you up, O Ephraim? How can I surrender you, O Israel? How can I treat you like Admah? How can I make you like Zeboyim? I have had a change of heart. All my tender compassions are aroused.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 31:20Hos 6:4Matt 23:37Deut 32:36Deut 29:23Amos 4:11Jude 1:72 Kgs 13:232 Pet 2:62 Sam 24:16

Hosea 11:9⁹I cannot carry out my fierce anger! I cannot totally destroy Ephraim! Because I am God, and not man—the Holy One among you— I will not come in wrath!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Num 23:19Isa 55:8-9Mic 7:18-20Isa 12:6Jer 30:11Ezek 37:27-28Mal 3:6Hos 14:4Rom 11:28-29Zeph 3:15-17

Hosea 11:10¹⁰“He will roar like a lion, and they will follow the Lord; when he roars, his children will come trembling from the west.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Joel 3:16Amos 1:2Isa 31:4Jer 25:30Isa 64:2Jer 31:92 Pet 2:10Acts 24:25Amos 3:4Amos 3:8

Hosea 11:11¹¹They will return in fear and trembling like birds from Egypt, like doves from Assyria, and I will settle them in their homes,” declares the Lord.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 11:11Isa 60:8Zech 10:10Amos 9:14-15Hos 7:11Ezek 28:25-26Ezek 36:33-34Ezek 37:21Ezek 37:25Hos 3:5

Hosea 11:12¹²(12:1) Ephraim has surrounded me with lies; the house of Israel has surrounded me with deceit. But Judah still roams about with God; he remains faithful to the Holy One.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Cor 6:22 Chr 29:1-32Hos 12:7Isa 29:13Isa 44:20Rev 1:6Rev 3:212 Kgs 18:4-7Gen 32:28Mic 6:12