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1 “When Israel was a child, then I loved him,
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 his 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 consume their gate bars,
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 in the midst of you;
And 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;
And Judah still us unruly with God,
And is unfaithful to the Holy One.
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