and called my son out of Egypt.
² They called to them, so they went from them.
    They sacrificed to the Baals,
    and burned incense to engraved images.
³ Yet I taught Ephraim to walk.
    I took them by their arms,
    but they didn’t know that I healed them.
⁴ I drew them with cords of a man, with ties of love;
    and I was to them like those who lift up the yoke on their necks;
    and I bent down to him and I fed him.

⁵ “They won’t return into the land of Egypt;
    but the Assyrian will be their king,
    because they refused to repent.
⁶ The sword will fall on their cities,
    and will destroy the bars of their gates,
    and will put an end to their plans.
⁷ My people are determined to turn from me.
    Though they call to the Most High,
    he certainly won’t exalt them.

⁸ “How can I give you up, Ephraim?
    How can I hand you over, Israel?
    How can I make you like Admah?
    How can I make you like Zeboiim?
My heart is turned within me,
    my compassion is aroused.
⁹ I will not execute the fierceness of my anger.
    I will not return to destroy Ephraim,
    for I am God, and not man—the Holy One among you.
    I will not come in wrath.
¹⁰ They will walk after Yahweh,
    who will roar like a lion;
    for he will roar, and the children will come trembling from the west.
¹¹ They will come trembling like a bird out of Egypt,
    and like a dove out of the land of Assyria;
and I will settle them in their houses,” says Yahweh.

¹² Ephraim surrounds me with falsehood,
    and the house of Israel with deceit.
    Judah still strays from God,
    and is unfaithful to the Holy One.