The Evangelist cites this text because it refers to Christ typically. For it is to be observed, that in this Prophet and in others, the coming of Christ and the call of the Gentiles are foreshewn in such a manner, that the thread of history is never broken.
Reproduced in full. Translation: Oxford 1841 (Newman), public domain (Public domain).
Also cites: in Osee, 11, 2