Hos 11:3 | JFB | STEP | 3. taught ... to go-- literally, "to use his feet." Compare a similar image, ; , 5, 15; 32:10, 11; ; ; . God bore them as a parent does an infant, unable to supply itself, so that it has no anxiety about food, raiment, and its going forth. , which probably refers to this passage of Hosea; He took them by the arms, to guide them that they might not stray, and to hold them up that they might not stumble. knew not that I healed them-- that is, that My design was to restore them spiritually and temporally ( ).

‏ Hosea 11:3

3. taught ... to go--literally, "to use his feet." Compare a similar image, De 1:31; 8:2, 5, 15; 32:10, 11; Ne 9:21; Is 63:9; Am 2:10. God bore them as a parent does an infant, unable to supply itself, so that it has no anxiety about food, raiment, and its going forth. Ac 13:18, which probably refers to this passage of Hosea; He took them by the arms, to guide them that they might not stray, and to hold them up that they might not stumble.

knew not that I healed them--that is, that My design was to restore them spiritually and temporally (Ex 15:26).