Therefore, behold, I will lure her and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably to her.

As they were increased, so they sinned against Me. I will change their glory into shame.

They shall not pour wine to Jehovah, nor shall they be pleasing to Him. Their sacrifices shall be like the bread of sorrows to them; all who eat of them shall be defiled. For their bread is for their soul, it shall not come into the house of Jehovah.

I will not carry out the heat of My anger; I will not return to destroy Ephraim. For I am God and not man, the Holy One in your midst; and I will not enter into the city.

Ephraim feeds on wind and follows after the east wind. He daily multiplies lies and cruelty. And they make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt.

And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept watch.