As I am reading Hosea 11:1-9, the meaning is not very clear to me. NOAB version: When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out Egypt I called my son. The more I called them, the more they went from me, they kept sacrificing to the Baals, and offering incense to idols. Yet it was I who taught Ephraim to walk, I took them up in my arms; but they did not know that I healed them. I led them with cords of human kindness, with bands of love. I was to them like those who lift infants to their cheeks. I bent down to them and fed them. They shall return to the land of Egypt, and Assyria shall be their king, because they have refused to return to me. The sword rages in their cities, it consumes their oracle-priests, and devours because of their schemes. My people are bent on turning away from me. To the Most High they call, but he does not raise them up at all. How can I give you up, Ephraim? How can I hand you over, O Israel? How can I make you like Admah? How can I treat you like Zeboiim? My heart recoils with in me; my compassion grows warm and tender. I will not execute my fierce anger; I will not again destroy Ephraim; for I am God and no mortal, the Holy One in your midst, and I will not come in wrath. (Michael Coogan 2010, 1271) I read several translations and a little more becomes clear. Even though there are slight differences in each translations, I started to begin to understand what these verses in Hosea are trying to say. The first verse in this passage in the NOAB is When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son (Michael Coogan 2010, 1271). In the several translations I read this verse changed very little. In the Good News Bible it quotes, The Lord says, “When Israel was a child, I loved him and call...
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...it has brought me closer to God. It has defiantly got me to want to study the Bible even more, and I know will. If I do not for so reason, I know God will forgive me, be there for me, and still love me.
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