Catholic Public Domain Version
"And I was like a foster father to Ephraim. I carried them in my arms. And they did not know that I healed them. "
— Hosea 11:3, Catholic Public Domain Version
“I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms; but they knew not that I healed them.”
“Yet I taught Ephraim to walk; I took them on my arms; but they knew not that I healed them. ”
“Yet I taught Ephraim to walk. I took them by his arms; but they didn't know that I healed them.”
“Yet it was I who led Ephraim, I took them by the arm; but they did not acknowledge that I had healed them.”
“And I was like a foster father to Ephraim, I carried them in my arms: and they knew not that I healed them.”
“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 taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms; but they knew not that I healed them.”
Just as the morning passes, so has the king of Israel passed by. For Israel was a child and I loved him; and out of Egypt I called my son.
They called them, and so they departed before their face. They offered victims to the Baals, and they sacrificed to graven images.
And I was like a foster father to Ephraim. I carried them in my arms. And they did not know that I healed them.
I will draw them with the cords of Adam, with the bands of love. And I will be to them like one who raises the yoke over their jaws. And I will reach down to him so that he may eat.
He will not return to the land of Egypt, but Assur himself will be the king over him, because they were not willing to be converted.
The sword has begun in his cities, and it will consume his elect and devour their heads.