So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and bore him a son.

And the Lord said to him, “Name him Jezreel; for yet a little while, and I will punish the house of Jehu for the bloodshed of Jezreel, and I will put an end to the kingdom of the house of Israel.

Then she conceived again and gave birth to a daughter. And the Lord said to him, “Name her Lo-ruhamah, for I will no longer have compassion on the house of Israel, that I would ever forgive them.

And the Lord said, “Name him Lo-ammi, for you are not My people and I am not your God.”

Ephraim is joined to idols;
Let him alone.

Moreover, the pride of Israel testifies against him,
And Israel and Ephraim stumble in their iniquity;
Judah also has stumbled with them.

They will go with their flocks and herds
To seek the Lord, but they will not find Him;
He has withdrawn from them.

“He will revive us after two days;
He will raise us up on the third day,
That we may live before Him.

Strangers devour his strength,
Yet he does not know it;
Gray hairs also are sprinkled on him,
Yet he does not know it.

Though the pride of Israel testifies against him,
Yet they have not returned to the Lord their God,
Nor have they sought Him, for all this.

Israel has rejected the good;
The enemy will pursue him.

Since Ephraim has multiplied altars for sin,
They have become altars of sinning for him.

Though I wrote for him ten thousand precepts of My law,
They are regarded as a strange thing.

They will not pour out drink offerings of wine to the Lord,
Their sacrifices will not please Him.
Their bread will be like mourners’ bread;
All who eat of it will be defiled,
For their bread will be for themselves alone;
It will not enter the house of the Lord.

My God will cast them away
Because they have not listened to Him;
And they will be wanderers among the nations.

When Israel was a youth I loved him,
And out of Egypt I called My son.

So My people are bent on turning from Me.
Though they call them to the One on high,
None at all exalts Him.

The Lord also has a dispute with Judah,
And will punish Jacob according to his ways;
He will repay him according to his deeds.

Yes, he wrestled with the angel and prevailed;
He wept and sought His favor.
He found Him at Bethel
And there He spoke with us,

Ephraim has provoked to bitter anger;
So his Lord will leave his bloodguilt on him
And bring back his reproach to him.

I gave you a king in My anger
And took him away in My wrath.

The pains of childbirth come upon him;
He is not a wise son,
For it is not the time that he should delay at the opening of the womb.

Take words with you and return to the Lord.
Say to Him, “Take away all iniquity
And receive us graciously,
That we may present the fruit of our lips.

Whoever is wise, let him understand these things;
Whoever is discerning, let him know them.
For the ways of the Lord are right,
And the righteous will walk in them,
But transgressors will stumble in them.