Hosea 11:1
When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.
Hosea 11:1 in other translations
| BSB | When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called My son. |
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| WEB | “When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt. |
| ASV | When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt. |
| YLT | Because Israel is a youth, and I love him, Out of Egypt I have called for My Son. |
| DARBY | When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son. |
| BBE | When Israel was a child he was dear to me; and I took my son out of Egypt. |
| Webster | When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt. |
What does Hosea 11:1 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Ho 11:1-12. God's Former Benefits, and Israel's Ingratitude Resulting in Punishment, Yet Jehovah Promises Restoration at Last.
Ho 11:5 shows this prophecy was uttered after the league made with Egypt (2Ki 17:4). 1. Israel ... called my son out of Egypt--Bengel translates, "From the time that he (Israel) was in Egypt, I called him My son," which the parallelism proves. So Ho 12:9 and Ho 13:4 use "from ... Egypt," for "from the time that thou didst sojourn in Egypt." Ex 4:22 also shows that Israel was called by God, "My son," from the time of his Egyptian sojourn (Is 43:1). God is always said to have led or brought forth, not to have "called," Israel from Egypt. Mt 2:15, therefore, in quoting this prophecy (typically and primarily referring to Israel, antitypically and fully to Messiah), applies it to Jesus' sojourn in Egypt, not His return from it. Even from His infancy, partly spent in Egypt, God called Him His son. God included Messiah, and Israel for Messiah's sake, in one common love, and therefore in one common prophecy. Messiah's people and Himself are one, as the Head and the body. Is 49:3 calls Him "Israel." The same general reason, danger of extinction, caused the infant Jesus, and Israel in its national infancy (compare Ge 42:1-43:34; 45:18; 46:3, 4; Eze 16:4-6; Jr 31:20) to sojourn in Egypt. So He, and His spiritual Israel, are already called "God's sons" while yet in the Egypt of the world.Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Introduction
This chapter gives a very pathetic representation of God's tender and affectionate regard for Israel, by metaphors chiefly borrowed from the conduct of mothers toward their tender offspring. From this, occasion is taken to reflect on their ungrateful return to the Divine goodness, and to denounce against them the judgments of the Almighty, Hos 11:1-7. But suddenly and unexpectedly the prospect changes. Beams of mercy break frown the clouds just now fraught with vengeance. God, to speak in the language of men, feels the relentings of a tender parent; his bowels yearn; his mercy triumphs; his rebellious child shall yet be pardoned. As the lion of the tribe of Judah, he will employ his power to save his people, he will call his children from the land of their captivity; and, as doves, they will fly to him, a faithful and a holy people, Hos 11:8-12. Verse 1 When Israel was a child - In the infancy of his political existence. I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt - Where he was greatly oppressed; and in this I gave the proof of my love. I preserved my people in their affliction there, and brought them safely out of it.Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Hosea 11:1-7
Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain
Hosea 11:1 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Hosea 11:1
- Matthew 2:15
And was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son.
- Exodus 4:22
And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the Lord, Israel is my son, even my firstborn:
- Hosea 13:4
Yet I am the Lord thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou shalt know no god but me: for there is no saviour beside me.
- Hosea 2:15
And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.
- Jeremiah 2:2
Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the Lord; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.
- Malachi 1:2
I have loved you, saith the Lord. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob’s brother? saith the Lord: yet I loved Jacob,
- Hosea 12:13
And by a prophet the Lord brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved.
- Ezekiel 16:6
And when I passed by thee, and saw thee polluted in thine own blood, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live; yea, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live.
- Deuteronomy 7:7
The Lord did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people:
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Context
- Hosea 11:1
When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.
- Hosea 11:2
As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven images.
Hosea 11:1 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | CUANDO Israel era muchacho, yo lo amé, y de Egipto llamé á mi hijo. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | *Quand Israël était jeune, je l’ai aimé, et j’ai appelé mon fils hors d’Égypte. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Als Israel jung war, da liebte ich es, und aus Ägypten habe ich meinen Sohn gerufen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Sicut mane transiit, pertransiit rex Israël. Quia puer Israël, et dilexi eum; et ex Ægypto vocavi filium meum. |