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         <div class="label">11</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">God&#8217;s Love for Israel</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.11.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">&#8220;When Israel was a child, I loved him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.11.1"><span class="content">and out of Egypt I called my son.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.11.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.11.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">But the more they were called,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.11.2"><span class="content">the more they went away from me.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">11:2 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">them</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.11.2"><span class="content">They sacrificed to the Baals</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.11.2"><span class="content">and they burned incense to images.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.11.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.11.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">It was I who taught Ephraim to walk,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.11.3"><span class="content">taking them by the arms;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.11.3"><span class="content">but they did not realize</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.11.3"><span class="content">it was I who healed them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.11.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.11.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">I led them with cords of human kindness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.11.4"><span class="content">with ties of love.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.11.4"><span class="content">To them I was like one who lifts</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.11.4"><span class="content">a little child to the cheek,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.11.4"><span class="content">and I bent down to feed them.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.11.4"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.11.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.11.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;Will they not return to Egypt</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.11.5"><span class="content">and will not Assyria rule over them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.11.5"><span class="content">because they refuse to repent?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.11.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.11.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">A sword will flash in their cities;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.11.6"><span class="content">it will devour their false prophets</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.11.6"><span class="content">and put an end to their plans.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.11.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.11.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">My people are determined to turn from me.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.11.7"><span class="content">Even though they call me God Most High,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.11.7"><span class="content">I will by no means exalt them.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.11.7"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.11.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.11.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;How can I give you up, Ephraim?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.11.8"><span class="content">How can I hand you over, Israel?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.11.8"><span class="content">How can I treat you like Admah?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.11.8"><span class="content">How can I make you like Zeboyim?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.11.8"><span class="content">My heart is changed within me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.11.8"><span class="content">all my compassion is aroused.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.11.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.11.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">I will not carry out my fierce anger,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.11.9"><span class="content">nor will I devastate Ephraim again.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.11.9"><span class="content">For I am God, and not a man&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.11.9"><span class="content">the Holy One among you.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.11.9"><span class="content">I will not come against their cities.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.11.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.11.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">They will follow the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.11.10"><span class="content">he will roar like a lion.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.11.10"><span class="content">When he roars,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.11.10"><span class="content">his children will come trembling from the west.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.11.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.11.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">They will come from Egypt,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.11.11"><span class="content">trembling like sparrows,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.11.11"><span class="content">from Assyria, fluttering like doves.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.11.11"><span class="content">I will settle them in their homes,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.11.11"><span class="content">declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Israel&#8217;s Sin</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.11.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.11.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Ephraim has surrounded me with lies,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.11.12"><span class="content">Israel with deceit.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.11.12"><span class="content">And Judah is unruly against God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.11.12"><span class="content">even against the faithful Holy One.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">11:12 </span><span class="ft">In Hebrew texts this verse (11:12) is numbered 12:1.</span></span></span></span></div>
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         <div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.103.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">For as high as the heavens are above the earth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.103.11"><span class="content">so great is his love for those who fear him;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.103.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.103.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">as far as the east is from the west,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.103.12"><span class="content">so far has he removed our transgressions from us.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.103.12"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.103.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.103.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">As a father has compassion on his children,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.103.13"><span class="content">so the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has compassion on those who fear him;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.103.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.103.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">for he knows how we are formed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.103.14"><span class="content">he remembers that we are dust.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.103.14"></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch6" data-usfm="JHN.6.32+JHN.6.33+JHN.6.34+JHN.6.35+JHN.6.36+JHN.6.37+JHN.6.38+JHN.6.39+JHN.6.40">
         <div class="p"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JHN.6.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">Jesus said to them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Very truly I tell you, it is not Moses who has given you the bread from heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JHN.6.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For the bread of God is the bread that comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JHN.6.33"></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JHN.6.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">&#8220;Sir,&#8221; they said, &#8220;always give us this bread.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JHN.6.34"></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JHN.6.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">Then Jesus declared, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JHN.6.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But as I told you, you have seen me and still you do not believe.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="JHN.6.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">All those the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="JHN.6.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For I have come down from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of him who sent me.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="JHN.6.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all those he has given me, but raise them up at the last day.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="JHN.6.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For my Father&#8217;s will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="JHN.6.40"></span></div>
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