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Hosea 11:4 KJV
Hosea · chapter 11 · verse 4
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 · King James Version
Hosea 11:4 in context
2As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven images.
3I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms; but they knew not that I healed them.
4I 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.
5He shall not return into the land of Egypt, but the Assyrian shall be his king, because they refused to return.
6And the sword shall abide on his cities, and shall consume his branches, and devour them, because of their own counsels.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- cordschebela rope , especially a measuring lineH2256 →
- bandsʻăbôthsomething intwinedH5688 →
- drewmâshakto draw, used in a great variety of applicationsH4900 →
- loveʼahăbâh{affection }H160 →
- yokeʻôla yoke , literally or figurativelyH5923 →
- jawslᵉchîythe cheekH3895 →
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Here we find, I. God very gracious to Israel. They were a people for whom he had done more than for any people under heaven, and to whom he had given more, which they are here, I will not say upbraided with (for God gives, and upbraids not), but put in mind of, as an aggravation of their sin and an encouragement to…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-7