I loved him. Compare Jeremiah 2:2.Malachi 1:2.
called My son, &c.. called to My son. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 4:22; Exodus 4:23). App-92. Quoted in Matthew 2:15.
Related Commentaries of Hosea 11:1
Hosea 11:1
1 When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.