³ Yet it was ^(A)I who taught Ephraim to walk;
    I took them up by their arms,
    but they did not know that ^(B)I healed them.
^4 (C)I led them with cords of kindness,^[a]
    with the bands of love,
and ^(D)I became to them as one who eases the yoke on their jaws,
    and ^(E)I bent down to them and fed them.