So he went and took Gomer daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and bore him a son.

And Yahweh said to him, "{Name him} Jezreel; because in a little while {I will punish} the house of Jehu for the blood of Jezreel, and I will put an end to the kingdom of the house of Israel.

And she conceived again and bore a daughter, and he said to him, "{Name her} Lo-ruhamah, for I will no longer have pity on the house of Israel or {forgive them}.

And he said, "{Name him} Lo-ammi, for you [are] not my people and I am not your [God].

Ephraim is joined to idols; let him alone.

The pride of Israel testifies {against him}, and Israel and Ephraim stumble in their guilt, and Judah stumbles with them.

With their flocks and herds they will go to seek Yahweh, but they will not find him; he has withdrawn from them.

Foreigners devour his strength, and he does not know [it]; {mold} is also sprinkled upon him, and he does not know [it].

The pride of Israel {testifies against him}-- they do not return to Yahweh their God; they do not seek him for all of this.

Israel has spurned [the] good; [the] enemy will pursue him.

When Ephraim multiplied altars to expiate sins, they became to him altars to sin [on].

I write for him myriads of my instruction; they are regarded as a strange thing.

They will not pour [drink offerings of] wine to Yahweh, and their sacrifices will not please him. [They are] like mourners' bread for them; all those who eat it will be defiled. For their bread will be {for their hunger}; it will not come [to] the house of Yahweh.

My God will reject them because they did not listen to him, and they will be wanderers among the nations.

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

Yahweh has a quarrel with Judah and will punish Jacob according to his ways and repay him according to his deeds.

He struggled with [the] angel and prevailed; he pleaded for his mercy. He met him at Bethel, and there he spoke with him.

Ephraim has caused bitter provocation, and his Lord will {hold him responsible for his crimes} and pay back to him his insults.

I gave you a king in my anger, and I took [him] in my wrath.

The labor pains of childbirth come for him; he [is] an unwise son because [at the] proper time, he does not present himself {at the mouth of the womb}.

Take words with you, and return to Yahweh. Say to him, "Take away all guilt; accept good, and we will offer the fruit of our lips.