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Hosea 11:1 Cross-References

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God's Love for Israel

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

Hosea 11:1 (KJV)

Commentary on Hosea 11:1

When Israel was a child, then I loved him—God recalls the exodus with tender, fatherly love (אָהֵב, ahav). The child (נַעַר, na'ar) metaphor shifts from unfaithful wife (chapters 1-3) to rebellious son (chapter 11), showing multiple dimensions of covenant relationship. Called my son out of Egypt—Matthew 2:15 quotes this as fulfilled in Christ's return from Egypt, using 'typological' interpretation: Israel's history prefigures Messiah's. Jesus is the true Israel who succeeds where the nation failed. Hosea's point: despite divine father-love, Israel rebelled (v.2, 'they sacrificed unto Baalim')....

Source: KJV Study Commentary

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