- 1
 - When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son.
 - 2
 - The more they were called, the more they went away; they kept sacrificing to the Baals and burning offerings to idols.
 - 3
 - Yet it was I who taught Ephraim to walk; I took them up by their arms, but they did not know that I healed them.
 - 4
 - I led them with cords of kindness, with the bands of love, and I became to them as one who eases the yoke on their jaws, and I bent down to them and fed them.
 - 5
 - They shall not return to the land of Egypt, but Assyria shall be their king, because they have refused to return to me.
 - 6
 - The sword shall rage against their cities, consume the bars of their gates, and devour them because of their own counsels.
 - 7
 - My people are bent on turning away from me, and though they call out to the Most High, he shall not raise them up at all.
 - 8
 - How can I give you up, O Ephraim? How can I hand you over, O Israel? How can I make you like Admah? How can I treat you like Zeboiim? My heart recoils within me; my compassion grows warm and tender.
 - 9
 - I will not execute my burning anger; I will not again destroy Ephraim; for I am God and not a man, the Holy One in your midst, and I will not come in wrath.
 - 10
 - They shall go after the LORD; he will roar like a lion; when he roars, his children shall come trembling from the west;
 - 11
 - they shall come trembling like birds from Egypt, and like doves from the land of Assyria, and I will return them to their homes, declares the LORD.
 - 12
 - Ephraim has surrounded me with lies, and the house of Israel with deceit, but Judah still walks with God and is faithful to the Holy One.
 
Kapcsolódó igehirdetések: Be Ki
Kalauz
November 4
Kétéves:
- I. év: 2Sám 16
 - II. év: Hós 9
 - Zsid 6:1-20
 - Zsolt 105:16-36
 - Péld 27:1-2
 
Példabeszéd
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