And she conceived again, and bore a daughter. And [LORD] said to him, Call her name Lo-ruhamah, for I will no more have mercy upon the house of Israel, that I should in any way pardon them.

And it shall be at that day, says LORD, that thou shall call me Ishi, and shall no more call me Baali.

For I will take away the names of the Baalim out of her mouth, and they shall no more be mentioned by their name.

For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings.

All their wickedness is in Gilgal, for there I hated them. Because of the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of my house. I will love them no more. All their rulers are rebels.

The more [the prophets] called them, the more they went from them. They sacrificed to the Baalim, and burned incense to graven images.

And now they sin more and more, and have made themselves molten images of their silver, even idols according to their own understanding, all of them the work of the craftsmen. They say of them, Let the men who sacrifice kiss the ca

Assyria shall not save us. We will not ride upon horses, nor will we say any more to the work of our hands, Our gods. For in thee the fatherless finds mercy.

Ephraim [shall say], What have I to do any more with idols? I have answered, and will regard him. I am like a green fir tree. From me thy fruit is found.