Hosea 11:4
King James Version
I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love: and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I laid meat unto them.
Hosea 11:4 in context
Hosea 11:2
As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven images.
Hosea 11:3
I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms; but they knew not that I healed them.
Hosea 11:4SELECTED VERSE
I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love: and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I laid meat unto them.
Hosea 11:5
He shall not return into the land of Egypt, and the Assyrian shall be his king, because they refused to return.
Hosea 11:6
And the sword shall abide on his cities, and shall consume his branches, and devour them, because of their own counsels.