Now when she had weaned Loruhamah, 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 discover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and none shall deliver her out of mine hand.

For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place.

I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, thou committest whoredom, and Israel is defiled.

They have dealt treacherously against the LORD: for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions.

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

Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein is no pleasure.

Yea, though they have hired among the nations, now will I gather them, and they shall sorrow a little for the burden of the king of princes.

They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of mine offerings, and eat it; but the LORD 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 faulty: he shall break down their altars, he shall spoil their images.

For now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not the LORD; what then should a king do to us?

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