Hosea 11:4


I led them gently with cords of a man, with bonds of love [guiding them],
And I was to them as one who lifts up and eases the yoke [of the law] over their jaws;
And I bent down to them and fed them.

Leviticus 26:13

I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt so that you would not be their slaves; and I broke the bars of your yoke and made you walk upright [with heads held high as free men].

John 12:32

And I, if and when I am lifted up from the earth [on the cross], will draw all people to Myself [Gentiles, as well as Jews].”

Exodus 16:32

Then Moses said, “This is the word which the Lord commands, ‘Let an omer of it be kept throughout your generations, that they may see the bread with which I fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you out of the land of Egypt.’”

2 Samuel 7:14

I will be his Father, and he shall be My son. When he commits iniquity (wrongdoing), I will discipline him with the rod of men and with the strokes of the sons of man.

Psalm 78:23-25


Yet He commanded the clouds from above
And opened the doors of heaven;

Psalm 105:40


The Israelites asked, and He brought quail,
And satisfied them with the bread of heaven.

Song of Songs 1:4


“Draw me away with you and let us run together!
Let the king bring me into his chambers.”

Isaiah 63:9


In all their distress He was distressed,
And the angel of His presence saved them,
In His love and in His compassion He redeemed them;
And He lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.

Jeremiah 31:2-3


Thus says the Lord,
“The people who survived the sword
Found grace in the wilderness [of exile]—
Israel (the Northern Kingdom), when it went to find its rest.”

Hosea 2:8


“For she (Israel) has not noticed nor understood nor realized that it was I [the Lord God] who gave her the grain and the new wine and the oil,
And lavished on her silver and gold,
Which they used for Baal and made into his image.

John 6:32-58

Then Jesus said to them, “I assure you and most solemnly say to you, it is not Moses who has given you the bread out of heaven, but it is My Father who gives you the true bread out of heaven.

2 Corinthians 5:14

For the love of Christ controls and compels us, because we have concluded this, that One died for all, therefore all died;

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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 unto them.

Bible References

Drew

Song of Songs 1:4

“Draw me away with you and let us run together!
Let the king bring me into his chambers.”
Isaiah 63:9

In all their distress He was distressed,
And the angel of His presence saved them,
In His love and in His compassion He redeemed them;
And He lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.
John 6:44
No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him [giving him the desire to come to Me]; and I will raise him up [from the dead] on the last day.
John 12:32
And I, if and when I am lifted up from the earth [on the cross], will draw all people to Myself [Gentiles, as well as Jews].”
2 Corinthians 5:14
For the love of Christ controls and compels us, because we have concluded this, that One died for all, therefore all died;

Of a

2 Samuel 7:14
I will be his Father, and he shall be My son. When he commits iniquity (wrongdoing), I will discipline him with the rod of men and with the strokes of the sons of man.

I was

Leviticus 26:13
I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt so that you would not be their slaves; and I broke the bars of your yoke and made you walk upright [with heads held high as free men].

And i laid

Hosea 2:8

“For she (Israel) has not noticed nor understood nor realized that it was I [the Lord God] who gave her the grain and the new wine and the oil,
And lavished on her silver and gold,
Which they used for Baal and made into his image.
Psalm 78:23

Yet He commanded the clouds from above
And opened the doors of heaven;
Psalm 105:40

The Israelites asked, and He brought quail,
And satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
John 6:32
Then Jesus said to them, “I assure you and most solemnly say to you, it is not Moses who has given you the bread out of heaven, but it is My Father who gives you the true bread out of heaven.