Now when she had weaned Lo-ruhamah, she conceived, and bare a son.

And she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find them: then shall she say, I will go and return to my first husband; for then was it better with me than now.

And now will I uncover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and none shall deliver her out of my hand.

For Israel hath behaved himself stubbornly, like a stubborn heifer: now will Jehovah feed them as a lamb in a large place.

I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me; for now, O Ephraim, thou hast played the harlot, Israel is defiled.

They have dealt treacherously against Jehovah; for they have borne strange children: now shall the new moon devour them with their fields.

And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness: now have their own doings beset them about; they are before my face.

Israel is swallowed up: now are they among the nations as a vessel wherein none delighteth.

Yea, though they hire among the nations, now will I gather them; and they begin to be diminished by reason of the burden of the king of princes.

As for the sacrifices of mine offerings, they sacrifice flesh and eat it; but Jehovah accepteth them not: now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins; they shall return to Egypt.

Their heart is divided; now shall they be found guilty: he will smite their altars, he will destroy their pillars.

Surely now shall they say, We have no king; for we fear not Jehovah; and the king, what can he do for us?

And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, even idols according to their own understanding, all of them the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves.

Where now is thy king, that he may save thee in all thy cities? and thy judges, of whom thou saidst, Give me a king and princes?