Bible in Basic English
"But I was guiding Ephraim's footsteps; I took them up in my arms, but they were not conscious that I was ready to make them well."
— Hosea 11:3, Bible in Basic English
“I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms; but they knew not that I healed them.”
When Israel was a child he was dear to me; and I took my son out of Egypt.
When I sent for them, then they went away from me; they made offerings to the Baals, burning perfumes to images.
But I was guiding Ephraim's footsteps; I took them up in my arms, but they were not conscious that I was ready to make them well.
I made them come after me with the cords of a man, with the bands of love; I was to them as one who took the yoke from off their mouths, putting meat before them.
He will go back to the land of Egypt and the Assyrian will be his king, because they would not come back to me.
And the sword will go through his towns, wasting his children and causing destruction because of their evil designs.