{"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/web/hosea/11","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-10T00:39:50.373Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WEB","book":"Hosea","bookSlug":"hosea","chapter":11,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":10,"nextChapter":12,"totalChapters":14,"totalVerses":12},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"|When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"They called to them, so they went from them. They sacrificed to the Baals, and burned incense to engraved images."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Yet I taught Ephraim to walk. I took them by his arms; but they didn't know that I healed them."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"I drew them with cords of a man, with ties of love; and I was to them like those who lift up the yoke on their necks; and I bent down to him and I fed him."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"|They won't return into the land of Egypt; but the Assyrian will be their king, because they refused to repent."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"The sword will fall on their cities, and will destroy the bars of their gates, and will put an end to their plans."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"My people are determined to turn from me. Though they call to the Most High, he certainly won't exalt them."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"|How can I give you up, Ephraim? How can I hand you over, Israel? How can I make you like Admah? How can I make you like Zeboiim? My heart is turned within me, my compassion is aroused."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"I will not execute the fierceness of my anger. I will not return to destroy Ephraim: for I am God, and not man; the Holy One in the midst of you; and I will not come in wrath."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"They will walk after Yahweh, who will roar like a lion; for he will roar, and the children will come trembling from the west."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"They will come trembling like a bird out of Egypt, and like a dove out of the land of Assyria; and I will settle them in their houses,| says Yahweh."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Ephraim surrounds me with falsehood, and the house of Israel with deceit. Judah still strays from God, and is unfaithful to the Holy One."}],"citation":{"inline":"Hosea 11 (WEB)","markdown":"[Hosea 11](https://primebible.com/web/hosea/11)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WEB. https://primebible.com/web/hosea/11 (accessed 2026-06-10)."}}