Hosea 11:4 BBE

²  When I sent for them, then they went away from me; they made offerings to the Baals, burning perfumes to images.

³  But I was guiding Ephraim's footsteps; I took them up in my arms, but they were not conscious that I was ready to make them well.

⁴  I made them come after me with the cords of a man, with the bands of love; I was to them as one who took the yoke from off their mouths, putting meat before them.

⁵  He will go back to the land of Egypt and the Assyrian will be his king, because they would not come back to me.

⁶  And the sword will go through his towns, wasting his children and causing destruction because of their evil designs.