⁴ I led them with cords of human kindness,
    with ties of love.^(A)
To them I was like one who lifts
    a little child to the cheek,
    and I bent down to feed^(B) them.^(C)

9 Do not rejoice, Israel;
    do not be jubilant^(A) like the other nations.
For you have been unfaithful^(B) to your God;
    you love the wages of a prostitute^(C)
    at every threshing floor.

⁵ Their mother has been unfaithful
    and has conceived them in disgrace.
She said, ‘I will go after my lovers,^(A)
    who give me my food and my water,
    my wool and my linen, my olive oil and my drink.’^(B)