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11:1  “When Israel was a child, I loved him as a son and brought him out of Egypt.
11:2  But the more I called to him, the more he rebelled, sacrificing to Baal and burning incense to idols.
11:3  I trained him from infancy, I taught him to walk, I held him in my arms. But he doesn’t know or even care that it was I who raised him.
11:4  “As a man would lead his favorite ox, so I led Israel with my ropes of love. I loosened his muzzle so he could eat. I myself have stooped and fed him.
11:5  But my people shall return to Egypt and Assyria because they won’t return to me.
11:6  “War will swirl through their cities; their enemies will crash through their gates and trap them in their own fortresses.
11:7  For my people are determined to desert me. And so I have sentenced them to slavery, and no one shall set them free.
11:8  “Oh, how can I give you up, my Ephraim? How can I let you go? How can I forsake you like Admah and Zeboiim? My heart cries out within me; how I long to help you!
11:9  No, I will not punish you as much as my fierce anger tells me to. This is the last time I will destroy Ephraim. For I am God and not man; I am the Holy One living among you, and I did not come to destroy.
11:10  “For the people shall walk after the Lord. I shall roar as a lion at their enemies and my people shall return trembling from the west.
11:11  Like a flock of birds, they will come from Egypt—like doves flying from Assyria. And I will bring them home again; it is a promise from the Lord.”
11:12  Israel surrounds me with lies and deceit, but Judah still trusts in God and is faithful to the Holy One.