⁵ “Will they not return to Egypt^(A)
    and will not Assyria^(B) rule over them
    because they refuse to repent?^(C)

¹⁶ They do not turn to the Most High;^(A)
    they are like a faulty bow.^(B)
Their leaders will fall by the sword
    because of their insolent^(C) words.
For this they will be ridiculed^(D)
    in the land of Egypt.^(E)

¹³ Though they offer sacrifices as gifts to me,
    and though they eat^(A) the meat,
    the Lord is not pleased with them.^(B)
Now he will remember^(C) their wickedness
    and punish their sins:^(D)
    They will return to Egypt.^(E)

⁶ It will be carried to Assyria^(A)
    as tribute^(B) for the great king.^(C)
Ephraim will be disgraced;^(D)
    Israel will be ashamed^(E) of its foreign alliances.

²⁷ Therefore I will send you into exile^(A) beyond Damascus,”
    says the Lord, whose name is God Almighty.^(B)

⁸ People staggered from town to town for water^(A)
    but did not get enough^(B) to drink,
    yet you have not returned^(C) to me,”
declares the Lord.^(D)

⁹ “Many times I struck your gardens and vineyards,
    destroying them with blight and mildew.^(E)
Locusts^(F) devoured your fig and olive trees,^(G)
    yet you have not returned^(H) to me,”
declares the Lord.

¹⁰ “I sent plagues^(I) among you
    as I did to Egypt.^(J)
I killed your young men^(K) with the sword,
    along with your captured horses.
I filled your nostrils with the stench^(L) of your camps,
    yet you have not returned to me,”^(M)
declares the Lord.^(N)