Yet the number of the sons of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered. And it shall come to pass that, in the place where it was said to them, Ye are not my people, it shall be said to them, Th

lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and kill her with thirst.

And she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them. And she shall seek them, but shall not find them. Then she shall say, I will go and return to my first husband, for it was better with me then than now.

Ephraim is oppressed. He is crushed in judgment, because he was content to walk after [man's] command.

Ephraim [was] a watchman with my God. As for the prophet, a fowler's snare is in all his ways, [and] enmity in the house of his God.

Therefore a tumult shall arise among thy people, and all thy fortresses shall be destroyed, as Shalman destroyed Beth-arbel in the day of battle; the mother was dashed in pieces with her sons.

When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son.

I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love, and I was to them as those who lift up the yoke on their jaws. And I laid food before them.

And by a prophet LORD brought Israel up out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was preserved.

When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling. He exalted himself in Israel, but when he offended in Baal, he died.

According to their pasture, so they were filled. They were filled, and their heart was exalted. Therefore they have forgotten me.