When Israel was a youth I loved him, And aout of Egypt I bcalled My son.
2The more 1 athey called them, The more they went from 1them; They kept bsacrificing to the Baals And cburning incense to idols.
3Yet it is I who taught Ephraim to walk, 1I atook them in My arms; But they did not know that I bhealed them.
4I aled them with cords of a man, with bonds of love, And bI became to them as one who lifts the yoke from their jaws; And I bent down and cfed them.
51They will not return to the land of Egypt; But Assyria--he will be 2their king Because they arefused to return to Me.
6The asword will whirl against 1their cities, And will demolish 1their gate bars And bconsume them because of their ccounsels.
7So My people are bent on aturning from Me. Though 1they call 2them to the One on high, None at all exalts Him.
8aHow can I give you up, O Ephraim? How can I surrender you, O Israel? How can I 1make you like bAdmah? How can I treat you like bZeboiim? My heart is turned over within Me, 2All My compassions are kindled.
9I will anot execute My fierce anger; I will not destroy Ephraim bagain. For cI am God and not man, the dHoly One in your midst, And I will not come in 1wrath.
10They will awalk after the LORD, He will broar like a lion; Indeed He will roar And His sons will come ctrembling from the west.
11They will come trembling like birds from aEgypt And like bdoves from the land of aAssyria; And I will csettle them in their houses, declares the LORD.
121Ephraim surrounds Me with alies And the house of Israel with deceit; Judah is also unruly against God, Even against the Holy One who is faithful.