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1 When Israel was a child, then I loved him,
And called my son out of Egypt.
2 As they called them, so they went from them:
They sacrificed unto Baalim, and burnt incense to graven images.
3 I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms;
But they knew not that I healed them.
4 I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love:
And I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws,
And I laid meat unto them.
5 He shall not return into the land of Egypt,
But the Assyrian shall be his king,
Because they refused to return.
6 And the sword shall abide on his cities,
And shall consume his branches, and devour them,
Because of their own counsels.
7 And my people are bent to backsliding from me:
Though they called them to the most High,
None at all would exalt him.
8 How shall I give thee up, Ephraim?
How shall I deliver thee, Israel?
How shall I make thee as Admah?
How shall I set thee as Zeboim?
Mine heart is turned within me,
My repentings are kindled together.
9 I will not execute the fierceness of mine anger,
I will not return to destroy Ephraim:
For I am God, and not man;
The Holy One in the midst of thee:
And I will not enter into the city.
10 They shall walk after the Lord: he shall roar like a lion:
When he shall roar, then the children shall tremble from the west.
11 They shall tremble as a bird out of Egypt,
And as a dove out of the land of Assyria:
And I will place them in their houses, saith the Lord.
12 Ephraim compasseth me about with lies, and the house of Israel with deceit:
But Judah yet ruleth with God, and is faithful with the saints.