# Hosea 11

> Lumin Translation

Source: https://www.lumin.faith/read/hosea/11

Lumin’s own translation, drafted with AI from the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek, checked verse by verse against them, and approved by Lumin. Brackets mark verses not found in the earliest manuscripts.

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1. When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son.
2. The more they were called, the more they went away from them. They sacrificed to the Baals and burned offerings to carved images.
3. Yet it was I who taught Ephraim to walk, taking them by the arms, but they did not know that I healed them.
4. I led them with human cords, with bands of love. I was to them like those who lift the yoke from their jaws, and I bent down to them and fed them.
5. They will not return to the land of Egypt, but Assyria will be their king, because they refused to return to me.
6. A sword will whirl through their cities, destroy the bars of their gates, and devour them because of their schemes.
7. My people are bent on turning away from me. Though they call them to the One above, he will not raise them up at all.
8. How can I give you up, Ephraim? How can I hand you over, Israel? How can I make you like Admah? How can I treat you like Zeboiim? My heart is turned over within me; all my compassion is stirred.
9. I will not carry out my fierce anger; I will not turn back to destroy Ephraim. For I am God and not a human being, the Holy One among you, and I will not come in wrath.
10. They will follow Yahweh; he will roar like a lion. When he roars, his children will come trembling from the west.
11. They will come trembling like birds from Egypt, like doves from the land of Assyria, and I will settle them in their homes, declares Yahweh.
12. Ephraim surrounds me with lies, and the house of Israel with deceit; and Judah is still unruly against God, against the faithful Holy One.

## Nearby chapters

[Hosea 10](https://www.lumin.faith/read/hosea/10.md)
[Hosea 12](https://www.lumin.faith/read/hosea/12.md)

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