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title: "Commentary on Hosea"
author: "John Calvin"
translator: "John Owen"
languages: [en]
shelf: "Commentaries"
section: 83 of 86
url: https://scriptura.si/works/john-calvin-commentary-on-hosea/83/
cite: "John Calvin, tr. John Owen, Commentary on Hosea, section 83. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/john-calvin-commentary-on-hosea/83/"
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# Commentary on Hosea

*John Calvin, tr. John Owen*

Calvin on Hosea, the prophet of a faithful God and an unfaithful people.

## 83. Chapter 11

Source: https://scriptura.si/works/john-calvin-commentary-on-hosea/83/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/john-calvin-commentary-on-hosea/83/#p-N

[¶0] 1 When Israel was a child, then I loved him: And from Egypt I called my son. —

[¶1] 2 They called them; — so they turned away from their presence; — To Baalim they offered sacrifices, And to graven images they burnt incense.

[¶2] 3 And I, my walking was on foot, To raise up Ephraim by his arms: And they knew not that I healed them.

[¶3] 4 By the cords of man I drew them, by the chains of love: And I was to them as those who raise up the yoke on the cheeks; And I have extended meat to them.

[¶4] 5 They shall not return to the land of Egypt, Assur shall rule over them; For they have been unwilling to return:

[¶5] 6 And fall shall the sword on their cities, And destroy their bars; And it shall destroy on account of their counsels.

[¶6] 7 For my people are bent on defection from me; When to the Most High they call them, No one at all raises up himself.

[¶7] 8 How shall I set thee aside, Ephraim? Shall I deliver thee up, Israel? How shall I make thee as Sodom? Shall I set thee as Zeboim? Inverted within me is my heart, Rolled back again are my repentings:

[¶8] 9 I will not execute the fury of my wrath, I will not return to destroy Ephraim; For God am I, and not man, In the midst of thee, holy; — And I will not enter the city.

[¶9] 10 After Jehovah shall they walk, And as a lion will he roar; When he shall roar, then dread shall children from the sea, —

[¶10] 11 They shall dread as a sparrow in Egypt, And as a dove in the land of Assur; And I will make them to dwell in their own houses, saith Jehovah.

[¶11] 12 Surrounded me hath Ephraim with falsehood; And with fraud, the house of Israel: But Judah as yet rules with his God; And together with the saints he is faithful.