It was I who taught Ephraim to walk,(A)
taking them[a] by the hand,[b](B)
but they never knew that I healed them.(C)
I led them with human cords,
with ropes of love.(D)
To them I was like one
who eases the yoke from their jaws;(E)
I bent down to give them food.(F)
Israel will not return to the land of Egypt
and Assyria will be his king,(G)
because they refused to repent.(H)

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Footnotes

  1. 11:3 LXX, Syr, Vg; MT reads him
  2. 11:3 Lit them on his arms

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