111“When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.+2They called to them, so they went from them.They sacrificed to the Baals,and burnt incense to engraved images.+3Yet I taught Ephraim to walk.I took them by their arms,but they didn’t know that I healed them.+4I drew them with cords of a man, with ties of love;and I was to them like those who lift up the yoke on their necks;and I bent down to him and I fed him.+5“They won’t return into the land of Egypt;but the Assyrian will be their king,because they refused to repent.+6The sword will fall on their cities,and will destroy the bars of their gates,and will put an end to their plans.+7My people are determined to turn from me.Though they call to the Most High,he certainly won’t exalt them.+
God’s Love for Israel
8“How can I give you up, Ephraim?How can I hand you over, Israel?How can I make you like Admah?How can I make you like Zeboiim?My heart is turned within me,my compassion is aroused.+9I will not execute the fierceness of my anger.I will not return to destroy Ephraim,for I am God, and not man—the Holy One amongst you.I will not come in wrath.+10They will walk after the LORD,who will roar like a lion;for he will roar, and the children will come trembling from the west.+11They will come trembling like a bird out of Egypt,and like a dove out of the land of Assyria;and I will settle them in their houses,” says the LORD.+12Ephraim surrounds me with falsehood,and the house of Israel with deceit.Judah still strays from God,and is unfaithful to the Holy One.+
World English Bible (British)
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