Hosea 11

3 Yet it is I who taught Ephraim to walk,

Taking them in My arms [nurturing the young nation];

But they did not know that I healed them.

4 I led them gently with cords of a man, with bonds of love [guiding them],

And I was to them as one who lifts up and eases the yoke [of the law] over their jaws;

And I bent down to them and fed them.