New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures — With References (Rbi8, en_US, 1984)

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1 “When Israel was a boy,*1 then I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son.

  1. Or, “lad; young man.”

2 “They*1 called them. To that same extent they went away from before them.*2 To the Baʹal images*3 they took up sacrificing, and to the graven images they began making sacrificial smoke.

  1. “They,” MSyVg; LXX, “I.”

  2. “From before them (from their faces),” MTVg; LXXSy, “from my face.”

  3. Or, “To the Baals.” Heb., lab·Beʽa·limʹ; Gr., Ba·a·limʹ; Lat., Baʹa·lim.

3 But as for me, I taught Eʹphra·im to walk, taking them upon [my]*1 arms; and they did not recognize that I had healed them.

  1. “My,” in agreement with LXXSyVg; M, “his,” or, “one’s.”

4 With the ropes of earthling man*1 I kept drawing them, with the cords of love, so that I became to them as those lifting off a yoke on their jaws, and gently I brought food to [each] one.

  1. Or, “man.” Heb., ʼa·dhamʹ.

5 He will not return to the land of Egypt, but As·syrʹi·a will be his king, because they refused to return.

6 And a sword will certainly whirl about in his cities and make an end of his bars and devour because of their counsels.

7 And my people are tending toward unfaithfulness to me. And upward*1 they call it;*2 no one at all does any rising up.*3

  1. See 7:16 ftn.

  2. In M both “it” and “people” are masc.

  3. Or, “does any exalting.” Compare Ex 15:2; Ps 145:1, where the same Heb. verb occurs. In reality no one was exalting God.

8 “How can I give you up, O Eʹphra·im? [How] can I deliver you up, O Israel? How can I set you as Adʹmah? [How] can I place you like Ze·boiʹim? My heart has changed within me; at the same time my compassions have grown hot.

9 I shall not express my burning anger. I shall not bring Eʹphra·im to ruin again, for I am God*1 and not man,*2 the Holy One in the midst of you; and I shall not come in excitement.

  1. “God.” Heb., ʼEl; Lat., Deʹus.

  2. “Man.” Heb., ʼish; Gr., anʹthro·pos; Lat., hoʹmo.

10 After Jehovah they will walk. Like a lion he will roar; for he himself will roar, and sons will come trembling from the west.

11 Like a bird they will come trembling out of Egypt, and like a dove out of the land of As·syrʹi·a; and I shall certainly make them dwell in their houses,” is the utterance of Jehovah.

12 “With lying, Eʹphra·im has surrounded me, and with deception the house of Israel. But Judah is yet roaming with God,*1 and with the Most Holy One*2 he is trustworthy.”*3

  1. “God.” Heb., ʼEl.

  2. “The Most Holy One.” Heb., Qedhoh·shimʹ, pl. of qa·dhohshʹ, “holy”; pl. to denote excellence according to GK, § 124 h. Compare Pr 9:10 and Pr 30:3 ftns.

  3. Or, “even with the Most Holy One, who is trustworthy.”

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