Oséias 11

3 It was I who taught Ephraim to walk,  * 11:3 Hs 7:15

taking them  * 11:3 LXX, Syr, Vg; MT reads him by the hand,  * 11:3 Lit them on his arms,* 11:3 Dt 1:31; 32:10–11

but they never knew that I healed them.  * 11:3 Ex 15:26

4 I led them with human cords,

with ropes of love.  * 11:4 Jr 31:2–3

To them I was like one

who eases the yoke from their jaws;  * 11:4 Hs 10:11

I bent down to give them food.  * 11:4 Ex 16:32