1. When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son.
2. When I called them, they went from my face. They sacrificed to the Baals, and they sacrificed to idols.
3. And I myself taught Ephraim to walk; I took them in my arms, but they did not know that I healed them.
4. I drew them with human ties, with the bands of love. I was to them like one who lifted up a yoke on their jaws, though I bent down to them and let them eat.
5. He will return to the land of Egypt, and Assyria will be his king, because they refused to return.
6. The sword rages in his cities; it consumes his false prophets and devours because of their plans.
7. My people are bent on backsliding from me. To the Most High they call, he does not raise them at all.