וְאָנֹכִ֤י תִרְגַּ֙לְתִּי֙ לְאֶפְרַ֔יִם קָחָ֖ם עַל־זְרֽוֹעֹתָ֑יו וְלֹ֥א יָדְע֖וּ כִּ֥י רְפָאתִֽים׃
Padahal Akulah yang membimbing Efraim berjalan; ia menggendong mereka di atas lengannya, tetapi mereka tidak mau mengakui bahwa Akulah yang menyembuhkan mereka.
Duties of the Heart
Same for you, my brother, if you have given yourself and your possessions to G-d, do not mourn His acting on you as He desires, and conducts Himself towards you as He wishes. And even if it does not appear good to you, nevertheless it is proper for you to be at peace on Him, and rely on His perfect guidance and the judgment of His decree. Do not regret on having given to Him what you think was yours, and do not show anguish for His decree on you - and all the more so being that you are one of His creations, and He is your Maker and the provider of your sustenance, and guides you in what is good for you in your inner and outer matters, even if you don't understand the matter, as written: "I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms; but they knew not that I healed them" (Hoshea 11:3).
Derashot HaRan
(Micah 6:6): "With what shall I come before the L-rd?" There is no doubt that all of existence is pure lovingkindness, as it is written (Psalms 89:3): "The world is built of lovingkindness." For nothing came before us for which we would merit reward. But His good is constantly with us, and because of its very constancy and our having become habituated to it, we are ignorant of it! As it is written (Hosea 11:3): "And I 'habituated' Ephraim. I took them by their arms. And they did not know that it was I who healed them!" That is, because of the great good that the Blessed One did to Ephraim, they were ignorant of it and did not regard it as good at all, for one does not feel that to which he becomes accustomed.
Duties of the Heart
This is similar to what scripture says (Hosea 11:3) "And I carried Ephraim, taking them in my arms, but they knew not that I healed them."