¹⁹ They ^(A)made a calf in Horeb
    and worshiped a metal image.
²⁰ They ^(B)exchanged the glory of God^[a]
    for the image of an ox that eats grass.
²¹ They ^(C)forgot God, their Savior,
    who had done great things in Egypt,
²² wondrous works in ^(D)the land of Ham,
    and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.
²³ Therefore ^(E)he said he would destroy them—
    had not Moses, his ^(F)chosen one,
^(G)stood in the breach before him,
    to turn away his wrath from destroying them.

²⁴ Then they ^(H)despised ^(I)the pleasant land,
    having ^(J)no faith in his promise.
²⁵ They ^(K)murmured in their tents,
    and did not obey the voice of the Lord.
²⁶ Therefore he ^(L)raised his hand and swore to them
    that he would make them fall in the wilderness,
²⁷ and would make their offspring fall among the nations,
    ^(M)scattering them among the lands.

²⁸ Then they ^(N)yoked themselves to the ^(O)Baal of Peor,
    and ate sacrifices offered to ^(P)the dead;
²⁹ they provoked the Lord to anger with their deeds,
    and a plague broke out among them.
³⁰ Then ^(Q)Phinehas stood up and intervened,
    and the plague was stayed.
³¹ And that was ^(R)counted to him as righteousness
    from generation to generation forever.

³² They ^(S)angered him at the waters of Meribah,
    and it went ill with Moses on their account,
³³ for they ^(T)made his spirit bitter,^[b]
    and he ^(U)spoke rashly with his lips.

³⁴ They did not ^(V)destroy the peoples,
    ^(W)as the Lord commanded them,
³⁵ but they ^(X)mixed with the nations
    and learned to do as they did.
³⁶ They served their idols,
    which became ^(Y)a snare to them.
³⁷ They ^(Z)sacrificed their sons
    and their daughters to ^(AA)the demons;
³⁸ they poured out innocent blood,
    the blood of their sons and daughters,
whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan,
    and the land was ^(AB)polluted with blood.
³⁹ Thus they ^(AC)became unclean by their acts,
    and ^(AD)played the whore in their deeds.

⁴⁰ Then ^(AE)the anger of the Lord was kindled against ^(AF)his people,
    and he abhorred his ^(AG)heritage;
⁴¹ he ^(AH)gave them into the hand of the nations,
    so that those who hated them ruled over them.
⁴² Their enemies ^(AI)oppressed them,
    and they were brought into subjection under their power.
^43 (AJ)Many times he delivered them,
    but they were rebellious in their ^(AK)purposes
    and were ^(AL)brought low through their iniquity.

⁴⁴ Nevertheless, he looked upon their distress,
    when he ^(AM)heard their cry.
⁴⁵ For their sake he ^(AN)remembered his covenant,
    and ^(AO)relented according to ^(AP)the abundance of his steadfast love.
⁴⁶ He caused them to be ^(AQ)pitied
    by all those who held them captive.

^47 (AR)Save us, O Lord our God,
    and ^(AS)gather us from among the nations,
that we may give thanks to your holy name
    and glory in your praise.

^48 (AT)Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel,
    from everlasting to everlasting!
^(AU)And let all the people say, “Amen!”
    ^(AV)Praise the Lord!

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

^5 (L)They shall not^[b] return to the land of Egypt,
    but ^(M)Assyria shall be their king,
    ^(N)because ^(O)they have refused to return to me.
^6 (P)The sword shall rage against their cities,
    consume the bars of their gates,
    and devour them ^(Q)because of their own counsels.
⁷ My people are bent ^(R)on turning away from me,
    and though ^(S)they call out to the Most High,
    he shall not raise them up at all.

⁸ How can I give you up, O Ephraim?
    How can I hand you over, O Israel?
^(T)How can I make you ^(U)like Admah?
    How can I treat you ^(V)like Zeboiim?
^(W)My heart recoils within me;
    my compassion grows warm and tender.
⁹ I will not execute my burning anger;
    I will not again destroy Ephraim;
^(X)for I am God and not a man,
    ^(Y)the Holy One in your midst,
    and I will not come in wrath.^[c]

^10 (Z)They shall go after the Lord;
    ^(AA)he will roar like a lion;
when he roars,
    his children shall come trembling ^(AB)from the west;
¹¹ they shall come trembling like birds ^(AC)from Egypt,
    and ^(AD)like doves ^(AE)from the land of Assyria,
    and I will return them to their homes, declares the Lord.
^12 [d] Ephraim ^(AF)has surrounded me with lies,
    and the house of Israel with deceit,
but Judah still walks with God
    and is faithful to the Holy One.

^(AM)“Lord, who has believed what he heard from us,
    and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?”

^40 (AO)“He has blinded their eyes
    and ^(AP)hardened their heart,
lest they see with their eyes,
    and understand with their heart, and turn,
    and I would heal them.”