8. Israel is swallowed up;Now they are among the GentilesLike a vessel in which is no pleasure.
9. For they have gone up to Assyria,Like a wild donkey alone by itself;Ephraim has hired lovers.
10. Yes, though they have hired among the nations,Now I will gather them;And they shall sorrow a little,Because of the burden of the king of princes.
11. “Because Ephraim has made many altars for sin,They have become for him altars for sinning.
12. I have written for him the great things of My law,But they were considered a strange thing.
13. For the sacrifices of My offerings they sacrifice flesh and eat it,But the Lord does not accept them.Now He will remember their iniquity and punish their sins.They shall return to Egypt.