9. “For they themselves have gone up to Ashshur. A wild donkey alone by itself is Ephrayim, they have hired lovers.
10. “Also, although they sold themselves among the nations, this time I shall gather them, when they have suffered for a while from the burden of a sovereign, of rulers.
11. “Since Ephrayim has made many altars for sin, they have been altars for sinning to him.
12. “I have written for him numerous matters of My Torah – they were regarded as strange.
13. “As for My offerings: they slaughter flesh and they eat. יהוה shall not accept them. Now does He remember their crookedness and punish their sins. Let them return to Mitsrayim!