Hosea 11:1
King James Version (KJV)
When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.
Translations
Hosea 11:1 - Amplified Bible
WHEN ISRAEL was a child, then I loved him and called My son out of Egypt.
Hosea 11:1 - American Standard Version
When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.
Hosea 11:1 - Bible in Basic English
When Israel was a child he was dear to me; and I took my son out of Egypt.
Hosea 11:1 - Darby Bible
When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son.
Hosea 11:1 - English Standard Version
When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son.
Hosea 11:1 - King James Version
When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.
Hosea 11:1 - La Biblia de las Americas
Cuando Israel era niño, yo lo amé,
y de Egipto llamé a mi hijo.
Hosea 11:1 - The Message
"When Israel was only a child, I loved him. I called out, ’My son!’—called him out of Egypt.
But when others called him,
he ran off and left me.
He worshiped the popular sex gods,
he played at religion with toy gods.
Still, I stuck with him. I led Ephraim.
I rescued him from human bondage,
But he never acknowledged my help,
never admitted that I was the one pulling his wagon,
That I lifted him, like a baby, to my cheek,
that I bent down to feed him.
Now he wants to go back to Egypt or go over to Assyria—
anything but return to me!
That’s why his cities are unsafe—the murder rate skyrockets
and every plan to improve things falls to pieces.
My people are hell-bent on leaving me.
They pray to god Baal for help.
He doesn’t lift a finger to help them.
But how can I give up on you, Ephraim?
How can I turn you loose, Israel?
How can I leave you to be ruined like Admah,
devastated like luckless Zeboim?
I can’t bear to even think such thoughts.
My insides churn in protest.
And so I’m not going to act on my anger.
I’m not going to destroy Ephraim.
And why? Because I am God and not a human.
I’m The Holy One and I’m here—in your very midst.
Hosea 11:1 - New American Standard Bible
When Israel {was} a youth I loved him, And out of Egypt I called My son.
Hosea 11:1 - Nueva Biblia Latinoamericana de Hoy
Cuando Israel era niño, Yo lo amé,
Y de Egipto llamé a Mi hijo.
Hosea 11:1 - World English Bible
When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.
Hosea 11:1 - Young's Living Translation
Because Israel [is] a youth, and I love him, Out of Egypt I have called for My Son.
Hosea 11:1 - Additional Comments
God is recalling the goodness He bestowed on Israel. It is good to look back at all the things God has done in your life.
God has loved Israel from its birth, not because it was a great nation, but because of the oath He gave them - see Deut 7:7-8. What was the oath, and when was it given? See Gen 22:16-18. It was when Abraham obeyed God to offer up the sacrifice of Isaac. And the oath - with "blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heaven and as the sand which is on the seashore; and your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies. In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed."
God called Israel (Isa 45:4), He chose Israel (Deut 7:6). He called us (1 Cor 1:9), He chose us (John 15:16).
God called Israel when it was a child, a mere infant. And look at Israel the aged, in the day of Hosea -
- Hosea 4:1 "There is no truth or mercy Or knowledge of God in the land."
- Hosea 5:5 "Israel and Ephraim stumble in their iniquity"
- Hosea 8:14 "For Israel has forgotten his Maker, And has built temples"
What a shame, eh, that Israel, in all those years, had not taken that time to become something powerful for God, something working for Him! Yet, we find the same thing today (see Heb 5:12-14, and notes on 1 Cor 3:1-3).
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