{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/drb/hosea/11","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T21:15:41.612Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DRB","book":"Hosea","bookSlug":"hosea","chapter":11,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":10,"nextChapter":12,"totalChapters":14,"totalVerses":12},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"As the morning passeth, so hath the king of Israel Israel was a child, and I loved him: and I called my son out of Egypt. "},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"As they called them, they went away from before their face: they offered victims to Baalim, and sacrificed to idols. "},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"And I was like a foster father to Ephraim, I carried them in my arms: and they knew not that I healed them. "},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"I will draw them with the cords of Adam, with the bands of love : and I will be to them as one that taketh off the yoke on their jaws: and I put his meat to him that he might eat. "},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"He shall not return into the land of Egypt, but the Assyrian shall be his king: because they would not be converted. "},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"The sword hath begun in his cities, and it shall consume his chosen men, and sha.ll devour their heads. "},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"And my people shall long for my return: but a yoke shall be put upon them together, which shall not be taken off. "},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"How shall I deal with thee, O Ephraim, shall I protect thee, O Israel? how shall I make thee as Adama, shall I set thee as Seboim? my heart is turned within me, my repentance is stirred up. "},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"I will not execute the fierceness of my wrath: I will not return to destroy Ephraim: because I am God, and not man: the holy one in the midst of thee, and I will not enter into the city. "},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"They shall walk after the Lord, he shall roar as a lion: because he shall roar, and the children of the sea shall fear. "},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"And they shall fly away like a bird out of Egypt, and like a dove out of the land of the Assyrians: and I will place them in their own houses, saith the Lord. "},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Ephraim hath compassed me about with denials, and the house of Israel with deceit: but Juda went down as a witness with God, and is faithful with the saints. "}],"citation":{"inline":"Hosea 11 (DRB)","markdown":"[Hosea 11](https://primebible.com/drb/hosea/11)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DRB. https://primebible.com/drb/hosea/11 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}