They feed on the sin of My people
And direct their desire toward their iniquity.

Threshing floor and wine press will not feed them,
And the new wine will fail them.

They will not remain in the Lord’s land,
But Ephraim will return to Egypt,
And in Assyria they will eat unclean food.

I led them with cords of a man, with bonds of love,
And I became to them as one who lifts the yoke from their jaws;
And I bent down and fed them.