The LORD said to him, "Call his name Jezreel; for yet a little while, and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel on the house of Jehu, and will cause the kingdom of the house of Israel to cease.

She conceived again, and bore a daughter. Then he said to him, "Call her name Lo-Ruhamah; for I will no longer have mercy on the house of Israel, that I should in any way pardon them.

He said, "Call his name Lo-Ammi; for you are not my people, and I will not be yours.

It will be in that day," says the LORD, "that you will call me 'my husband,' and no longer call me 'my master.'

"Ephraim is like an easily deceived dove, without understanding. They call to Egypt. They go to Assyria.

Let Samaria throw out his calf idol. My anger burns against them. How long will it be until they are capable of purity?

For this is even from Israel. The workman made it, and it is no God; indeed, the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.

My people are determined to turn from me. Though they call to the Most High, he certainly won't exalt them.