1. WHEN ISRAEL was a child, then I loved him and called My son out of Egypt. [Matt. 2:15.]
2. The more [the prophets] called to them, the more they went from them; they kept sacrificing to the Baals and burning incense to the graven images.
3. Yet I taught Ephraim to walk, taking them by their arms or taking them up in My arms, but they did not know that I healed them.