¹⁸ “I have surely heard Ephraim’s moaning:
    ‘You disciplined^(A) me like an unruly calf,^(B)
    and I have been disciplined.
Restore^(C) me, and I will return,
    because you are the Lord my God.

¹⁷ The Lord has done what he planned;
    he has fulfilled^(A) his word,
    which he decreed long ago.^(B)
He has overthrown you without pity,^(C)
    he has let the enemy gloat over you,^(D)
    he has exalted the horn^[a] of your foes.^(E)

¹⁸ The hearts of the people
    cry out to the Lord.^(F)
You walls of Daughter Zion,^(G)
    let your tears^(H) flow like a river
    day and night;^(I)
give yourself no relief,
    your eyes no rest.^(J)

¹⁹ Arise, cry out in the night,
    as the watches of the night begin;
pour out your heart^(K) like water
    in the presence of the Lord.^(L)
Lift up your hands^(M) to him
    for the lives of your children,
who faint^(N) from hunger
    at every street corner.

¹⁴ For I will be like a lion^(A) to Ephraim,
    like a great lion to Judah.
I will tear them to pieces^(B) and go away;
    I will carry them off, with no one to rescue them.^(C)

¹⁵ Then I will return to my lair^(A)
    until they have borne their guilt^(B)
    and seek my face^(C)—
in their misery^(D)
    they will earnestly seek me.^(E)”