Hosea 11 is the eleventh chapter of the Book of Hosea in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. This chapter contains the prophecies attributed to the prophet Hosea son of Beeri, about God's former benefits, and Israel's ingratitude resulting in punishment, but God still promises restoration. It is a part of the Book of the Twelve Minor Prophets. Text The original text was written in Hebrew language. This chapter is divided into 12 verses in Christian Bibles, but 11 verses in the Hebrew Bible with the following verse numbering comparison: This article generally follows the common numbering in Christian English Bible versions, with notes to the numbering in Hebrew Bible versions. Textual witnesses Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter in Hebrew are of the Masoretic Text tradition, which includes the Codex Cairensis (895), the Petersburg Codex of the Prophets (916), Aleppo Codex (10th century), Codex Leningradensis (1008). Fragments containing parts of this chapter in Hebrew were found among the Dead Sea Scrolls, including 4Q82 (4QXIIg; 25 BCE) with extant verses 2–12 (verse 11:12 = 12:1 in Masoretic Text). There is also a translation into Koine Greek known as the Septuagint, made in the last few centuries BCE. Extant ancient manuscripts of the Septuagint version include Codex Vaticanus (B; B; 4th century), Codex Alexandrinus (A; A; 5th century) and Codex Marchalianus (Q; Q; 6th century). God's love for Israel (11:1–11) Verse 1 When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called My son. "And out of Egypt I called My son": or "From the time that he (Israel) was in Egypt, I called him My son," (according to Bengel) in parallel to the use of "from the land of Egypt" in Hosea 12:9 and Hosea 13:4. shows that Israel was called "My son" by God from the period of Egyptian sojourn () and God is always said to "have led" or "brought forth", not to have "called", Israel from Egypt. Matthew 2:15 quotes this prophecy for Jesus' sojourn in Egypt, not His return from it. The same general reason, that is, the danger of extinction, caused Israel in its national infancy and the infant Jesus (cF. ; ; ; ; ) to sojourn in Egypt. The verse has two textual variants: one is the standard reading of "Out of Egypt I called my son" and a second is