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Hosea 11:4

“I led them with cords of kindness, with ropes of love; I lifted the yoke from their necks and bent down to feed them.”
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2But the more I called Israel, the farther they departed from Me. They sacrificed to the Baals and burned incense to carved images.

3It was I who taught Ephraim to walk, taking them by the arms, but they never realized that it was I who healed them.

4I led them with cords of kindness, with ropes of love; I lifted the yoke from their necks and bent down to feed them.

5Will they not return to the land of Egypt and be ruled by Assyria because they refused to repent?

6A sword will flash through their cities; it will destroy the bars of their gates and consume them in their own plans.

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