And she conceived again, and bore a daughter. And God said unto him, Call her name Loruhamah: for I will no more have mercy upon the house of Israel; but I will utterly take them away.

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

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

Their drink is sour: they have committed harlotry continually: her rulers love shame more than glory.

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

All their wickedness is in Gilgal: for there I hated them: for the wickedness of their deeds I will drive them out of my house, I will love them no more: all their princes are rebels.

And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, and idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves.

Assyria shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, you are our gods: for in you the fatherless finds mercy.

Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard him, and observed him: I am like a green cypress tree. In me is your fruit found.