Hosea 11:4 meaning and explanation

I led them with cords of kindness, with ropes of love; I lifted the yoke from their necks and bent down to feed them.

Hosea 11:4, Berean Standard Bible

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God speaks here through Hosea, recalling how he rescued Israel from slavery in Egypt and cared for them like a parent. The cords and ropes are not restraints but bonds of kindness and love, the gentle lead a farmer uses with a young animal.

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