1For Israel was a child, and I loved him, and from Egypt I called my son.2They called to them, so they went from them. They sacrifice to the Baals, and they offer incense to the idols.3I trained Ephraim, he took them on his arms, but they did not know that I healed them.4With ropes of Adam I will draw you, with cords of love, and I will be to them like those who lift up over their jaw, and I will bend to him—I will feed.5He will not return to the land of Egypt, and Assyria is his king, for they refused to return.6And war sickened in his cities and finished in his bars and ate from their counsels.7And my people hang upon their turning back, and to El on high they do not call him; together they do not exalt.8How can I give you up, Ephraim? How can I shield you, Israel? How can I give you up like the ground? How can I make you like gazelles? My heart is turned against me; together my compassions are stirred.9I will not execute the burning of my anger; I will not return to destruction Ephraim, for I am God and not a man in your midst, Holy One, and I will not come into the city.10They will walk after the LORD like a lion; he will roar, for he will roar, and the sons will shudder from Sea.11They will flutter like a bird from Egypt and like a dove from the land of Assyria, and I will settle them on their houses—utterance of the LORD.