1 When Israel was a child he was dear to me; and I took my son out of Egypt.
And you are to say to Pharaoh, The Lord says, Israel is the first of my sons:
And was there till the death of Herod; so that the word of the Lord through the prophet might come true, Out of Egypt have I sent for my son.
The Lord did not give you his love or take you for himself because you were more in number than any other people; for you were the smallest of the nations:
Go and say in the ears of Jerusalem, The Lord says, I still keep the memory of your kind heart when you were young, and your love when you became my bride; how you went after me in the waste of sand, in an unplanted land.
And Jacob went in flight into the field of Aram, and Israel became a servant for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.
But I am the Lord your God, from the land of Egypt; you have knowledge of no other God and there is no saviour but me.
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Commentary on Hosea 11 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 11
In this chapter we have,
Hsa 11:1-7
Here we find,
Hsa 11:8-12
In these verses we have,