Hosea 11:1-11  When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son.  [2]  The more they were called, the more they went away; they kept sacrificing to the Baals and burning offerings to idols.  [3]  Yet it was I who taught Ephraim to walk; I took them up by their arms, but they did not know that I healed them.  [4]  I led them with cords of kindness, with the bands of love, and I became to them as one who eases the yoke on their jaws, and I bent down to them and fed them.  [5]  They shall not return to the land of Egypt, but Assyria shall be their king, because they have refused to return to me.  [6]  The sword shall rage against their cities, consume the bars of their gates, and devour them because of their own counsels.  [7]  My people are bent on turning away from me, and though they call out to the Most High, he shall not raise them up at all.  [8]  How can I give you up, O Ephraim? How can I hand you over, O Israel? How can I make you like Admah? How can I treat you like Zeboiim? My heart recoils within me; my compassion grows warm and tender.  [9]  I will not execute my burning anger; I will not again destroy Ephraim; for I am God and not a man, the Holy One in your midst, and I will not come in wrath.  [10]  They shall go after the LORD; he will roar like a lion; when he roars, his children shall come trembling from the west;  [11]  they shall come trembling like birds from Egypt, and like doves from the land of Assyria, and I will return them to their homes, declares the LORD.