Hosea 11:3-7
Hosea 11:3
I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms; but they knew not that I healed them.
Hosea 11:4
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.
Hosea 11:5
He shall not return into the land of Egypt, but the Assyrian shall be his king, because they refused to return.
Hosea 11:6
And the sword shall abide on his cities, and shall consume his branches, and devour them, because of their own counsels.
Hosea 11:7
And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the most High, none at all would exalt him.