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Yet I taught Ephraim to walk; I took them on my arms; but they didn`t know that I healed them.
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God's Tender Parental Care
Commentators universally highlight the verse's tender imagery of God as a parent or nurse. God didn't just give commands from afar; He personally taught Israel to walk, held them by the arms to prevent stumbling, and even carried them when they were weary. This reveals a God who is intimately involved, patient, and deeply caring, much like a loving parent guiding a toddler.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
I taught Ephraim also to go – Literally, “and I set Ephraim on his feet;” that is, while they were rebelling, I was helping and supporting t…
19th Century
Anglican
Read: Yet it was I who guided Ephraim’s steps, taking him by his arms. There is a beautiful parallel to this in Deuteronomy 32:10-11.
Baptist
And burned incense to graven images. I taught Ephraim also to go, –
This child-nation was taught by God how to walk.
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16th Century
Protestant
Here again God amplifies the sin of the people, by saying that by no kindness, even for a long time, could they be persuaded, or turned, or reforme…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
I taught Ephraim also to go All the tribes of Israel and Ephraim, or the ten tribes with the rest; these the Lord in…
When Israel were weak and helpless like children, foolish and willful like children, then God loved them; He carried them as a nurse carries a nurs…
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