Prophecy 26 of 30 · Birth
Out of Egypt I called my son
"When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt."
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Hebrew · Leningrad Codexעִבְרִית
1כִּ֛י נַ֥עַר יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל וָאֹהֲבֵ֑הוּ וּמִמִּצְרַ֖יִם קָרָ֥אתִי לִבְנִֽי׃ki na'ar yisra'el va'ohavehu umimmitzrayim karati livni
JPS 1917 · Jewish translation
1When Israel was a child, then I loved him, And out of Egypt I called My son.
World Messianic Bible
1“When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.“When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.
Hosea 11:1. Transliteration simplified. Read the whole chapter
Fulfilment · New CovenantWMB
Matthew 2:14-15 He arose and took the young child and his mother by night and departed into Egypt, and was there until the death of Herod, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, “Out of Egypt I called my son.”
How rabbinic tradition reads it
Plainly about the nation of Israel and the Exodus.
Why Messianic Jews read it as Yeshua
Matthew isn't claiming Hosea predicted a single event; he sees the Messiah reliving Israel's story: out of Egypt, through the water, into the wilderness for 40 days. The Messiah embodies Israel.
Look at the text for yourself
Read Hosea 11:1 slowly, in the Hebrew and the JPS translation above. Then ask the question the Ethiopian official asked: "Who is the prophet talking about?"
Sources
- Exodus 4:22
- Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain), via OpenScriptures. English: JPS 1917; World Messianic Bible (public domain).