Hosea 11:1
Reversal of the Exodus: Return to Egypt and Exile in Assyria When Israel was a young man, I loved him like a son, and I summoned my son out of Egypt.
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- Exod 4:22 : 22 You must say to Pharaoh,‘This is what the LORD has said,“Israel is my son, my firstborn,
- Matt 2:15 : 15 He stayed there until Herod died. In this way what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet was fulfilled:“I called my Son out of Egypt.”
- Hos 2:15 : 15 From there I will give back her vineyards to her, and turn the“Valley of Trouble” into an“Opportunity for Hope.” There she will sing as she did when she was young, when she came up from the land of Egypt.
- Deut 7:7 : 7 The Basis of Israel’s Election It is not because you were more numerous than all the other peoples that the LORD favored and chose you– for in fact you were the least numerous of all peoples.
- Jer 2:2 : 2 “Go and declare in the hearing of the people of Jerusalem:‘This is what the LORD says:“I have fond memories of you, how devoted you were to me in your early years. I remember how you loved me like a new bride; you followed me through the wilderness, through a land that had never been planted.
- Hos 12:9 : 9 “I am the LORD your God who brought you out of Egypt; I will make you live in tents again as in the days of old.
- Hos 12:13 : 13 The LORD brought Israel out of Egypt by a prophet, and due to a prophet Israel was preserved alive.
- Hos 13:4 : 4 Well-Fed Israel Will Be Fed to Wild Animals But I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt. Therefore, you must not acknowledge any God but me; except me there is no Savior.
- Mal 1:2 : 2 “I have shown love to you,” says the LORD, but you say,“How have you shown love to us?”“Esau was Jacob’s brother,” the LORD explains,“yet I chose Jacob
- Ezek 16:6 : 6 “‘I passed by you and saw you kicking around helplessly in your blood. I said to you as you lay there in your blood,“Live!” I said to you as you lay there in your blood,“Live!”
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- Hos 11:2-43 verses79%
2But the more I summoned them, the farther they departed from me. They sacrificed to the Baal idols and burned incense to images.
3Yet it was I who led Ephraim, I took them by the arm; but they did not acknowledge that I had healed them.
4I led them with leather cords, with leather ropes; I lifted the yoke from their neck, and gently fed them.
- Exod 4:22-232 verses78%
22You must say to Pharaoh,‘This is what the LORD has said,“Israel is my son, my firstborn,
23and I said to you,‘Let my son go that he may serve me,’ but since you have refused to let him go, I will surely kill your son, your firstborn!”’”
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1Every Effect has its Cause Listen, you Israelites, to this message which the LORD is proclaiming against you! This message is for the entire clan I brought up from the land of Egypt:
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1When Israel left Egypt, when the family of Jacob left a foreign nation behind,
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15He stayed there until Herod died. In this way what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet was fulfilled:“I called my Son out of Egypt.”
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19“I thought to myself,‘Oh what a joy it would be for me to treat you like a son! What a joy it would be for me to give you a pleasant land, the most beautiful piece of property there is in all the world!’ I thought you would call me,‘Father’ and would never cease being loyal to me.
- Jer 31:9-102 verses74%
9They will come back shedding tears of contrition. I will bring them back praying prayers of repentance. I will lead them besides streams of water, along smooth paths where they will never stumble. I will do this because I am Israel’s father; Ephraim is my firstborn son.’”
10Listen to the LORD’s message, O nations. Proclaim it in the faraway lands along the sea. Say,“The one who scattered Israel will regather them. He will watch over his people like a shepherd watches over his flock.”
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13The LORD brought Israel out of Egypt by a prophet, and due to a prophet Israel was preserved alive.
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2Obedience, not Sacrifice Listen, O heavens, pay attention, O earth! For the LORD speaks:“I raised children, I brought them up, but they have rebelled against me!
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8You are to tell your son on that day,‘It is because of what the LORD did for me when I came out of Egypt.’
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20Indeed, the people of Israel are my dear children. They are the children I take delight in. For even though I must often rebuke them, I still remember them with fondness. So I am deeply moved with pity for them and will surely have compassion on them. I, the LORD, affirm it!
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8So the LORD sent a prophet to the Israelites. He said to them,“This is what the LORD God of Israel has said:‘I brought you up from Egypt and took you out of that place of slavery.
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55because the Israelites are my own servants; they are my servants whom I brought out from the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.
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14In the future, when your son asks you‘What is this?’ you are to tell him,‘With a mighty hand the LORD brought us out from Egypt, from the land of slavery.
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8The Divine Dilemma: Judgment or Mercy? How can I give you up, O Ephraim? How can I surrender you, O Israel? How can I treat you like Admah? How can I make you like Zeboiim? I have had a change of heart! All my tender compassions are aroused!
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7“You Israelites are just like the Ethiopians in my sight,” says the LORD.“Certainly I brought Israel up from the land of Egypt, but I also brought the Philistines from Caphtor and the Arameans from Kir.
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18He said to the Israelites,“This is what the LORD God of Israel has said,‘I brought Israel up from Egypt and I delivered you from the power of the Egyptians and from the power of all the kingdoms that oppressed you.
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4Those are the terms that I charged your ancestors to keep when I brought them out of Egypt, that place which was like an iron-smelting furnace. I said at that time,“Obey me and carry out the terms of the covenant exactly as I commanded you. If you do, you will be my people and I will be your God.
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1The Lord Will Renew Israel“Now, listen, Jacob my servant, Israel whom I have chosen!”
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3In a far-off land the LORD will manifest himself to them. He will say to them,‘I have loved you with an everlasting love. That is why I have continued to be faithful to you.
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16When they left Egypt, Israel traveled through the desert as far as the Red Sea and then came to Kadesh.
- Exod 3:9-102 verses72%
9And now indeed the cry of the Israelites has come to me, and I have also seen how severely the Egyptians oppress them.
10So now go, and I will send you to Pharaoh to bring my people, the Israelites, out of Egypt.”
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3Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons because he was a son born to him late in life, and he made a special tunic for him.
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1At that time I will be the God of all the clans of Israel and they will be my people. I, the LORD, affirm it!”
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37Moreover, because he loved your ancestors, he chose their descendants who followed them and personally brought you out of Egypt with his great power
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2“I have shown love to you,” says the LORD, but you say,“How have you shown love to us?”“Esau was Jacob’s brother,” the LORD explains,“yet I chose Jacob
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10When I found Israel, it was like finding grapes in the wilderness. I viewed your ancestors like an early fig on a fig tree in its first season. Then they came to Baal-Peor and they dedicated themselves to shame– they became as detestable as what they loved.
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8When Jacob entered Egypt, your ancestors cried out to the LORD. The LORD sent Moses and Aaron, and they led your ancestors out of Egypt and settled them in this place.
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11I made some of your sons prophets and some of your young men Nazirites. Is this not true, you Israelites?” The LORD is speaking!
- Ezek 20:5-62 verses71%
5and say to them:“‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: On the day I chose Israel I swore to the descendants of the house of Jacob and made myself known to them in the land of Egypt. I swore to them,“I am the LORD your God.”
6On that day I swore to bring them out of the land of Egypt to a land which I had picked out for them, a land flowing with milk and honey, the most beautiful of all lands.
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2“Go and declare in the hearing of the people of Jerusalem:‘This is what the LORD says:“I have fond memories of you, how devoted you were to me in your early years. I remember how you loved me like a new bride; you followed me through the wilderness, through a land that had never been planted.
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21you must say to them,“We were Pharaoh’s slaves in Egypt, but the LORD brought us out of Egypt in a powerful way.
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7A Summary of Israel’s Sinful History This happened because the Israelites sinned against the LORD their God, who brought them up from the land of Egypt and freed them from the power of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They worshiped other gods;
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3“Listen to me, O family of Jacob, all you who are left from the family of Israel, you who have been carried from birth, you who have been supported from the time you left the womb.
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5I have also heard the groaning of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians are enslaving, and I have remembered my covenant.
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2Israel cries out to me,“My God, we acknowledge you!”
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7For I solemnly warned your ancestors to obey me. I warned them again and again, ever since I delivered them out of Egypt until this very day.
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11But my people did not obey me; Israel did not submit to me.
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16For they are entirely given to me from among the Israelites. I have taken them for myself instead of all who open the womb, the firstborn sons of all the Israelites.
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15“As in the days when you departed from the land of Egypt, I will show you miraculous deeds.”
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13“The LORD God of Israel has a message for you.‘I made a covenant with your ancestors when I brought them out of Egypt where they had been slaves. It stipulated,
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10“‘So I brought them out of the land of Egypt and led them to the wilderness.
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3When I was a son to my father, a tender only child before my mother,
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8Rather it is because of his love for you and his faithfulness to the promise he solemnly vowed to your ancestors that the LORD brought you out with great power, redeeming you from the place of slavery, from the power of Pharaoh king of Egypt.