Hosea 11:2-4

2The more 12they called them, The more they went away from 3them; They kept 4sacrificing to the Baals And 5burning incense to idols.3Yet it is I who taught Ephraim to walk, 6I 7took them in My arms; But they did not know that I 8healed them.4I 9pulled them along with cords of a man, with ropes of love, And 10I became to them as one who lifts the yoke from their jaws; And I bent down and 11fed them.