7. So then, may they put their hope in God, and may they not forget the works of God, and may they seek his commandments.
8. May they not become like their fathers, a perverse and exasperating generation: a generation that does not straighten their heart and whose spirit is not trustworthy with God.
9. The sons of Ephraim, who bend and shoot the bow, have been turned back in the day of battle.
10. They have not kept the covenant of God. And they were not willing to walk in his law.