Hosea 11:1

Translations

Modern

When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called My son.

Traditional

When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.

Literal

When Israel was a child, I loved him; and out of Egypt I called My son.

Latin

Sicut mane transiit, pertransiit rex Israël. Quia puer Israël, et dilexi eum; et ex Ægypto vocavi filium meum.

Original

Hebrew

English

When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called My son.

Notes

Hosea 11:1

My 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).

Hosea 11:1–11

God grieved over Israel’s unfaithfulness. Even after all he had done for them, Israel had turned into a rebellious people. Justice required serious punishment, but the final decision about Israel’s future would come from God’s tender compassion for his people, not from an abstract rule.

Theme notes and profiles

God’s Covenant Love God’s Judgment of His People God’s Love for Israel The Son of God

Events

Prophecies of Hosea

Related verses

Matthew 2:15
…where he stayed until the death of Herod. This fulfilled what the Lord had spoken through the prophet: “Out of Egypt I called My Son.”
Exodus 4:22
Then tell Pharaoh that this is what the LORD says: ‘Israel is My firstborn son,
Hosea 13:4
Yet I am the LORD your God ever since the land of Egypt; you know no God but Me, for there is no Savior besides Me.
Jeremiah 2:2
“Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem that this is what the LORD says: ‘I remember the devotion of your youth, your love as a bride, how you followed Me in the wilderness, in a land not sown.
Hosea 2:15
There I will give back her vineyards and make the Valley of Achor into a gateway of hope. There she will respond as she did in the days of her youth, as in the day she came up out of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 7:7
The LORD did not set His affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous than the other peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples.
Malachi 1:2
“I have loved you,” says the LORD. But you ask, “How have You loved us?” “Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the LORD. “Yet Jacob I have loved,
Ezekiel 16:6
Then I passed by and saw you wallowing in your blood, and as you lay there in your blood I said to you, ‘Live!’ There I said to you, ‘Live!’
Hosea 12:13
But by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was preserved.
Hosea 12:9
But I am the LORD your God ever since the land of Egypt. I will again make you dwell in tents, as in the days of the appointed feast.

Parallels

Matthew 2:13–15

People

Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes

Places

Egypt: Ancient nation; Israelites enslaved there; plagues and Exodus

Glossary

Adoption Bible, Quotations of the Old Testament in the New Testament Hosea, Book of Love Mercy Messiah Prophecy

Topics

Adoption: Spiritual Adoption: Typified: Israel Egypt: Prophecies Respecting: Christ to be Called out of God: Fatherhood of God: Love of God: Love of, Exemplified Ingratitude of Man to God Prophecies Respecting Christ: His Being Called out of Egypt Quotations and Allusions in the New Testament From, and To, the Old Testament

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