Therefore, I will take back my grain during the harvest time and my new wine when it ripens; I will take away my wool and my flax which I had provided in order to clothe her.

Old and new wine take away the understanding of my people.

Ephraim will be ruined in the day of judgment! What I am declaring to the tribes of Israel will certainly take place!

Look! Even if they flee from the destruction, Egypt will take hold of them, and Memphis will bury them. The weeds will inherit the silver they treasure -- thorn bushes will occupy their homes.

Even if they raise their children, I will take away every last one of them. Woe to them! For I will turn away from them.

Samaria and its king will be carried off like a twig on the surface of the waters.

Yet it was I who led Ephraim, I took them by the arm; but they did not acknowledge that I had healed them.

I granted you a king in my anger, and I will take him away in my wrath!