When Israel was a child, then I loved him - God loved Israel, as He Himself formed it, before it corrupted itself. He loved it for …

Compare Hosea 9:10 and Exodus 4:22-23. In this context, there cannot be a prophecy of the Christ, for obstinate conduct and rebellion would thus be…

When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.

God remembers what he did for us when we were young; and…

God here expostulates with the people of Israel for their ingratitude. The obligation of the people was twofold; for God had embraced them from the…

When Israel [was] a child, then I loved him
Or, "for Israel [was] a child" ^F21; a rebellious and disobedi…

When Israel were weak and helple like children, foolish and willful like children, then God loved them; He carried them as a nurse carries a nursin…