Hosea 11:4
“I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of loue, and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their iawes, and I laid meat vnto them.”
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Hosea 11:4 Context
2As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed vnto Baalim, and burnt incense to grauen images. 3I taught Ephraim also to goe, taking them by their armes: but they knew not that I healed them. 4I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of loue, and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their iawes, and I laid meat vnto them. 5¶ He shall not returne into the land of Egypt; but the Assyrian shall be his king, because they refused to returne 6And the sword shall abide on his cities, and shall consume his branches, and deuoure them, because of their own counsels.
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I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love: and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I laid meat unto them.
- King James Version
I led them with cords of a man, with bonds of love, And I became to them as one who lifts the yoke from their jaws; And I bent down {and} fed them.
- New American Standard Version (1995)