Then you will call your brother, "My People" (Ammi)! You will call your sister, "Pity" (Ruhamah)!

Otherwise, I will strip her naked, and expose her like she was when she was born. I will turn her land into a wilderness and make her country a parched land, so that I might kill her with thirst.

"At that time," declares the Lord, "you will call, 'My husband'; you will never again call me, 'My master.'

Therefore, I will certainly cut you into pieces at the hands of the prophets; I will certainly kill you in fulfillment of my oracles of judgment; for my judgment will come forth like the light of the dawn.

All of them are blazing like an oven; they devour their rulers. All of their kings fall -- and none of them call on me!

Ephraim will be struck down -- their root will be dried up; they will not yield any fruit. Even if they do bear children, I will kill their precious offspring.

My people are obsessed with turning away from me; they call to Baal, but he will never exalt them!