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

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

And she conceived again, and bore a daughter. And [LORD] said to him, Call her name Lo-ruhamah, for I will no more have mercy upon the house of Israel, that I should in any way pardon them.

Ephraim is joined to idols, let him alone.

They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek LORD, but they shall not find him. He has withdrawn himself from them.

After two days he will revive us. On the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live before him.

Strangers have devoured his strength, and he does not know. Yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, and he does not know.

And the pride of Israel testifies to his face. Yet they have not returned to LORD their God, nor sought him for all this.

They return, but not to [him] on high. They are like a deceitful bow. Their rulers shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue. This shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.

Israel has cast off that which is good. The enemy shall pursue him.

Because Ephraim has multiplied altars for sinning, altars have been to him for sinning.

I wrote for him the ten thousand things of my law, but they are counted as a strange thing.

They shall not pour out wine-offerings to LORD, nor shall they be pleasing to him. Their sacrifices shall be to them as the bread of mourners. All who eat of it shall be polluted, for their bread shall be for their appetite. It sha

My God will cast them away because they did not hearken to him, and they shall be wanderers among the nations.

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

And my people are bent on backsliding from me. Though they call them to [him who is] on high, none at all will exalt [him].

LORD has also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways. He will recompense him according to his doings.

Yea, he had strength over the [heavenly] agent, and prevailed, [as] he wept, and made supplication to him. He found him at Bethel, and there he spoke with us.

Ephraim has provoked to anger most bitterly. Therefore his blood shall be left upon him, and his reproach his LORD shall return to him.

I have given thee a king in my anger, and have taken him away in my wrath.

The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him. He is an unwise son, for it is time he should not tarry in the place of the breaking forth of sons.

Take with you words, and return to LORD. Say to him, Take away all iniquity, and accept that which is good. So we will render [as] bullocks [the offering of] our lips.

I will heal their backsliding. I will love them freely. For my anger is turned away from him.

Ephraim [shall say], What have I to do any more with idols? I have answered, and will regard him. I am like a green fir tree. From me thy fruit is found.