Hosea 11:4
I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love: and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I laid meat
More from Hosea 11
Verse 1
When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.
Verse 2
As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven images.
Verse 3
I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms; but they knew not that I healed
Verse 5
He shall not return into the land of Egypt, but the Assyrian shall be his king, because they refused to return.