The Book of Hosea

When Israel [was] a youth I loved him, And out of Egypt I called My son.

The more they called them, The more they went from them; They kept sacrificing to the Baals And burning incense to idols.

Yet it is I who taught Ephraim to walk, I took them in My arms; But they did not know that I healed them.

I led them with cords of a man, with bonds of love, And I became to them as one who lifts the yoke from their jaws; And I bent down [and] fed them.

They will not return to the land of Egypt; But Assyria - he will be their king, Because they refused to return [to] Me.