# Hosea 11.2 **Book:** [Hosea](/codex/hosea/) · NASB95 ## Immediate context (±2 verses) **ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/)) > 1. When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt. > > **2. The more the prophets called them, the more they went from them: they sacrificed unto the Baalim, and burned incense to graven images.** > > 3. Yet I taught Ephraim to walk; I took them on my arms; but they knew not that I healed them. 4. I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love; and I was to them as they that lift up the yoke on their jaws; and I laid food before them. (Hosea 11:1-4, ASV) **WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/)) > 1. “When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt. > > **2. They called to them, so they went from them. They sacrificed to the Baals, and burned incense to engraved images.** > > 3. Yet I taught Ephraim to walk. I took them by his arms; but they didn’t know that I healed them. 4. I drew them with cords of a man, with ties of love; and I was to them like those who lift up the yoke on their necks; and I bent down to him and I fed him. (Hosea 11:1-4, WEB) **KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/)) > 1. When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt. > > **2. As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven images.** > > 3. I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms; but they knew not that I healed them. 4. I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love: and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I laid meat unto them. take off: Heb. lift up (Hosea 11:1-4, KJV) **YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/)) > 1. Because Israel [is] a youth, and I love him, Out of Egypt I have called for My Son. > > **2. They have called to them rightly, They have gone from before them, To lords they do sacrifice, And to graven images they make perfume.** > > 3. And I have caused Ephraim to go on foot, Taking them by their arms, And they have not known that I strengthened them. 4. With cords of man I do draw them, With thick cords of love, And I am to them as a raiser up of a yoke on their jaws, And I incline unto him, I feed [him]. (Hosea 11:1-4, YLT) ## Setting - **Speaker:** _TBD_ - **Audience:** _TBD_ - **Location:** _TBD_ - **Time period:** _TBD_ ## Theological reading _Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._ ## Key words _Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ ## Quoted in **Arguments and defeaters:** - [Argument from Love](/codex/argument-from-love/), via [Hosea 11.1-9](/codex/hosea-11-1-9/) **Concepts:** - [Corporate Christology](/codex/corporate-christology/) ## Notes _Your annotations._ ## Why these four translations ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance. The four: - **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition. - **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English. - **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base. - **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff. See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.