Hosea 11:4 BSB — MannaFest

Hosea 11:4

I led them with cords of kindness, with ropes of love; I lifted the yoke from their necks and bent down to feed them.

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

5 voices

Jerome

COMMENTARY ON HOSEA 3:11 (420)

And as the lover of humankind I will draw them to believing in cords of love, just as that which is written in the Gospel: "No one comes to me unless the Father who sent me will have drawn him." But they thought that my light yoke was very heavy; and I bent toward them, leaving the kingdom of heaven so that I may eat with them, having assumed the human form. Or rather, I gave them my body as food; I was both food and table companion.

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The Church Fathers1 voice

Jerome

Commentary on Hosea 11:3-4 (420)

"And I, as a foster father to Ephraim, carried them in my arms, and they did not know that I healed them. I drew them with cords of Adam, with the bonds of love. And I will be to them like one who lifts the yoke from their cheeks, and I inclined to him so he could eat." LXX: "And I gathered" ((or "placed")) Ephraim, I took him up on my arm; and they did not know that I healed them in the corruption of humans. I drew them with the cords of my love.

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love,.... As Ephraim is compared to a heifer in the preceding chapter, here he is said to be drawn; but not with such cords and bands as cattle are, but with such as men are; in a rational and gentle way, in a kind, loving, tender, humane, friendly, and fatherly way and manner; so the Lord drew Israel on in the wilderness, till he was brought to Canaan's land, by bestowing kind favours upon them, and by making precious promises to them.

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

I drew them with cords of a man - This is a reference to leading strings, one end of which is held by the child, the other by the nurse, by which the little one, feeling some support, and gaining confidence, endeavors to walk.

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
בְּחַבְלֵ֨י	be.chav.Lei	with cords of	H2256 →
אָדָ֤ם	'a.Dam	humankind	H120 →
אֶמְשְׁכֵם֙	'em.she.Khem	I drew them	H4900 →
בַּעֲבֹת֣וֹת	ba.'a.vo.Tot	with ropes of	H5688 →
אַהֲבָ֔ה	'a.ha.Vah	love	H160 →
וָאֶהְיֶ֥ה	va.'eh.Yeh	and I was	H1961 →
לָהֶ֛ם	la.Hem	to them
כִּמְרִ֥ימֵי	kim.Ri.mei	like [those who] lift	H7311 →
עֹ֖ל	'ol	<of> a yoke	H5923 →
עַ֣ל	'al	on	H5921 →
לְחֵיהֶ֑ם	le.chei.Hem	jaws their	H3895 →
וְאַ֥ט	ve.'At	and I incline	H5186 →
אֵלָ֖יו	'e.Lav	to him	H413 →
אוֹכִֽיל׃	'o.Khil	I feed [him]	H398 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
2 Corinthians 5:14
For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that One died for all, therefore all died.
leads to
- Galatians 2:20
  I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved…
- Romans 14:7–9
  For none of us lives to himself alone, and none of us dies to himself alone.
Through
John 12:32
And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw everyone to Myself.”
leads to
- John 3:14
  Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,
- John 8:28
  So Jesus said, “When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am He, and that I do nothing on My own, but speak exactly what the Father…
- 1 Peter 2:24
  He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.”
- 1 John 2:2
  He Himself is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.
Through
Isaiah 63:9
In all their distress, He too was afflicted, and the Angel of His Presence saved them. In His love and compassion He redeemed them; He lifted them up and carried them all the days…
leads to
- Exodus 33:14
  And the LORD answered, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”
- Exodus 23:20–21
  Behold, I am sending an angel before you to protect you along the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared.

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01Commentary

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Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Hosea

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Hosea