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

When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah his sore, then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb; but he was unable to heal you, nor hath he removed your sore.

For I delight in loving-kindness, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings.

When I would heal Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim is discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they practise falsehood; and the thief entereth in, and the troop of robbers assaileth without.

The days of visitation are come; the days of recompence are come: Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the inspired man is mad, because of the greatness of thine iniquity, and the great enmity.

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

They shall walk after Jehovah; he shall roar like a lion; when he shall roar, then the children shall hasten from the west:

Where then 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? --

O Israel, return unto Jehovah thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.