Hosea 11:2-4

11:2 But the more I summoned them,

the farther they departed from me.

They sacrificed to the Baal idols

and burned incense to images.

11:3 Yet it was I who led Ephraim,

I took them by the arm;

but they did not acknowledge

that I had healed them.

11:4 I led them with leather cords,

with leather ropes;

I lifted the yoke from their neck,

and gently fed them.