Out of Egypt I Called My Son
(Matthew 2:13–15)
When Israel was a child, I loved him, Mat 2:15Exo 4:22Hos 13:4Hos 2:15Jer 2:2Deu 7:7Ezk 16:6Hos 12:13
and out of Egypt I called My son. 1
But the more I called Israel, Hos 2:13Jer 18:15Isa 65:72Ki 17:13-16Act 7:51Hos 11:7Hos 13:1-2Jhn 3:19
the farther they departed from Me. 2
They sacrificed to the Baals
and burned incense to carved images.
It was I who taught Ephraim 3to walk, Deu 1:31Exo 15:26Jer 30:17Hos 7:15Act 13:18Deu 32:10-12Deu 8:2Exo 23:25
taking them in My arms,
but they never realized
that it was I who healed them.
I led them with cords of kindness, Jhn 12:32Lev 26:132Co 5:14Isa 63:9Jer 31:2-32Sa 7:14Hos 2:8Psa 78:23-25
with ropes of love;
I lifted the yoke from their necks
and bent down to feed them.
Will they not return to the land of Egypt Hos 7:16Hos 8:132Ki 17:13-14Hos 10:6Hos 9:32Ki 15:192Ki 15:292Ki 17:3-6
and be ruled by Assyria
because they refused to repent?
A sword will flash through their cities; Hos 13:16Hos 10:14Hos 10:6Deu 28:52Deu 32:25Ezk 15:2-7Ezk 20:47Isa 18:5
it will destroy the bars of their gates
and consume them in their own plans.
My people are bent on turning from Me. Jer 8:5Amo 5:14-15Amo 5:4-6Hos 11:2Hos 14:4Hos 7:16Jer 3:11Jer 3:6-8
Though they call to the Most High,
He will by no means exalt them.
God’s Love for Israel
How could I give you up, O Ephraim? Jer 31:20Hos 6:4Mat 23:37Deu 32:36Deu 29:23Jud 1:72Sa 24:16Amo 4:11
How could I surrender you, O Israel?
How could I make you like Admah?
How could I treat you like Zeboiim?
My heart is turned within Me;
My compassion is stirred!
I will not execute the full fury of My anger; Num 23:19Isa 55:8-9Mic 7:18-20Isa 12:6Jer 30:11Ezk 37:27-28Mal 3:6Hos 14:4
I will not turn back to destroy Ephraim.
For I am God and not man—
the Holy One among you—
and I will not come in wrath.
They will walk after the LORD; Jol 3:16Amo 1:2Isa 31:4Jer 25:30Isa 64:2Jer 31:92Pe 2:10Act 24:25
He will roar like a lion.
When He roars,
His children will come trembling from the west.
They will come trembling like birds from Egypt Isa 11:11Isa 60:8Zec 10:10Amo 9:14-15Hos 7:11Ezk 28:25-26Oba 1:17Ezk 36:33-34
and like doves from the land of Assyria.
Then I will settle them in their homes,
declares the LORD.
Ephraim surrounds Me with lies, 1Co 6:22Ch 29:1-32Hos 12:7Isa 29:13Isa 44:20Rev 1:6Rev 3:212Ki 18:4-7
the house of Israel with deceit;
but Judah still walks with God
and is faithful to the Holy One. 4