God’s Word Translation
Hosea 11:1
1“When Israel was a child, I loved him, and I called my son out of Egypt.
Hosea 11:1 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.
- New International Version (NIV)“When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son.
- English Standard Version (ESV)When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“When Israel was a child, I loved him, And out of Egypt I called My son.
Context of Hosea 11:1
“When Israel was a child, I loved him, and I called my son out of Egypt. 2The more I called them, the farther they went away. They sacrificed to other gods—the Baals, and they burned incense to idols. 3I was the one who taught the people of Ephraim to walk. I took them by the hand. But they didn’t realize that I had healed them.
Read all of Hosea 11Hosea 11:1 word by word
כִּ֛י נַ֥עַר יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל וָאֹהֲבֵ֑הוּ וּמִמִּצְרַ֖יִם קָרָ֥אתִי לִבְנִֽי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Hosea 11:1
- Hosea 2:15I will give her vineyards there. I will make the valley of Achor [Disaster] a door of hope. Then she will respond as she did when she was young, as she did when she came out of Egypt.
- Deuteronomy 7:7The Lord set his heart on you and chose you, even though you didn’t outnumber all the other people. You were the smallest of all nations.
- Jeremiah 2:2“Go and announce to Jerusalem, ‘This is what the Lord says: I remember the unfailing loyalty of your youth, the love you had for me as a bride. I remember how you followed me into the desert, into a land that couldn’t be farmed.
- Ezekiel 16:6“ ‘Then I went by you and saw you kicking around in your own blood. I said to you, “Live.”
- Malachi 1:2“I loved you,” says the Lord. “But you ask, ‘How did you love us?’ “Wasn’t Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the Lord. “I loved Jacob,
- Exodus 4:22Then tell Pharaoh, ‘This is what the Lord says: Israel is my firstborn son.
- Matthew 2:15He stayed there until Herod died. What the Lord had spoken through the prophet came true: “I have called my son out of Egypt.”
Commentaries on Hosea 11:1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1When Israel was a child - In the infancy of his political existence. I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt - Where he was greatly oppressed; and in this I gave the proof of my love. I preserved my people in their affliction there, and brought them safely out of it.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1When Israel was a child, then I loved him - God loved Israel, as He Himself formed it, ere it corrupted itself. He loved it for the sake of the fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, as he saith, “Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated” Malachi 1:2. Then, when it was weak, helpless, oppressed by the Egyptians, afflicted, destitute, God loved him, cared for him, delivered him from oppression, and called him out of Egypt.: “When did He love Israel? When, by…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1God's regard for Israel; their ingratitude. (Hos. 11:1-7) The Divine mercy yet in store. (Hos. 11:8-12) Verses 1-7 When Israel were weak and helpless as children, foolish and froward as children, then God loved them; he bore them as the nurse does the sucking child, nourished them, and suffered their manners. All who are grown up, ought often to reflect upon the goodness of God to them in their childhood. He took care of them, took pains with them, not…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1My son: The Lord adopted Israel when he delivered them from Egypt. This verse refers to Jesus in Matthew 2:15 (see study note on Matthew 4:1–11).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-12Ho 11:5 shows this prophecy was uttered after the league made with Egypt (2Ki 17:4). 1. Israel ... called my son out of Egypt--Bengel translates, "From the time that he (Israel) was in Egypt, I called him My son," which the parallelism proves. So Ho 12:9 and Ho 13:4 use "from ... Egypt," for "from the time that thou didst sojourn in Egypt." Ex 4:22 also shows that Israel was called by God, "My son," from the time of his Egyptian sojourn (Is 43:1). God is…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Hosea 11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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