11 “When Isra'Al was a boy, I loved him,
And out of Egypt I called my son.
The more they went away from them.
They kept sacrificing to the Baʹal images
And offering sacrifices to the graven images.
3 But it was I who taught Eʹphra·im to walk, taking them in my arms;
And they did not acknowledge that I had healed them.
4 With the ropes of men I kept drawing them, with the cords of love;
And I was to them like one lifting a yoke from their jaws,
And I gently brought food to each one.
5 They will not return to the land of Egypt, but As·syrʹi·a will be their king,
Because they refused to return to me.
6 And a sword will whirl against his cities
And destroy his bars and devour them because of their schemes.
7 My people are bent on unfaithfulness to me.
Though they called them upward, no one rises up.
8 How can I give you up, O Eʹphra·im?
How can I hand you over, O Isra'Al?
How can I treat you like Adʹmah?
How can I make you like Ze·boiʹim?
I have had a change of heart;
At the same time my compassions are stirred.
9 I will not vent my burning anger.
I will not destroy Eʹphra·im again,
For I am Yahavah {Yah'-ha-vah'} and not man,
The Holy One in your midst;
And I will not come against you in fury.
10 They will walk after Ahv'ah {Heb. Yahvah}, and he will roar like a lion;
When he roars, his sons will come trembling from the west.
11 They will tremble like a bird when they come out of Egypt,
Like a dove out of the land of As·syrʹi·a;
And I will settle them in their houses,” declares Ahv'ah {Heb. Yahvah}.
12 “Eʹphra·im has surrounded me with lies,
And the house of Isra'Al with deceit.
But Judah still roams with Yahavah {Yah'-ha-vah'},
And he is faithful to the Most Holy One.”