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Hosea 11:3

King James Version (KJV)

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Hosea 11:3

Verse 3 of 12

Scripture focus

I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms; but they knew not that I healed them.

Hosea 11:3 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Hosea 11:3

Theological / Devotional

By their arms. This is a beautiful picture of God’s loving care of Ephraim. Just as a fond parent teaches a child to walk, taking it up by the arms when it stumbles or falls, so the Lord had taught His son Israel (see Deut. 1:31; 33:27; Jer. 31:32). Just as a loving father patiently bears with a child who has not yet come to the age of discretion, so had the Lord home patiently with His undeveloped people, people who were ignorant of the spiritual mysteries of the kingdom of heaven (see Deut. 32:10). Healed. This appears to be an allusion to Ex. 15:26 (see also Isa. 57:18).

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