Hosea 11:1-4
When Israel was a child, I loved him,
and out of Egypt I called my son.
The more they were called, the more they went away; they kept sacrificing to the Baals and burning offerings to idols.
Yet it was I who taught Ephraim to walk; I took them up by their arms, but they did not know that I healed them.
I led them with cords of kindness, with the bands of love, and I became to them as one who eases the yoke on their jaws, and I bent down to them and fed them....
Hosea 11:8 How can I give you up, O Ephraim? How can I hand you over, O Israel?....My heart recoils within me; my compassion grows warm and tender.
"Ephraim" by Lamb
My daily reading has been the in the book of Hosea lately. I can't remember my heart ever being impacted by this book like now. So many gems of the nature and knowledge of God are shown through His faithful prophet. - Zephan
