1“When Israel was a child, then I loved…
2They called to them, so they went from…
3Yet I taught Ephraim to walk. I took…
4I drew them with cords of a man,…
5“They won’t return into the land of Egypt;…
6The sword will fall on their cities, and…
7My people are determined to turn from me.…
8“How can I give you up, Ephraim? How…
9I will not execute the fierceness of my…
10They will walk after the LORD, who will…
11They will come trembling like a bird out…
12Ephraim surrounds me with falsehood, and the house…
