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

And I will visit upon her the days of the Baals, wherein she burned incense to them, and decked herself with her rings and jewels, and went after her lovers, and forgot me, saith Jehovah.

Oppressed is Ephraim, broken in judgment, When he pleased he went after the command.

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.

What shall I do to thee, O Ephraim? What shall I do to thee, O Judah? and your kindness as the cloud of the morning, and as the dew being early went away.

And Ephraim will be as an enticed dove, not a heart: they called Egypt, they went to Assur.

Since they went up to the Assyrians, they are become like a wild ass in the desert. Ephraim giveth rewards to get lovers.

For behold, they went from destruction: Egypt shall gather them together; Memphis shall bury them: the desire for their silver, the prickly weed shall possess them: the thorn in their tents.

I found Israel as grapes in the wilderness; as first-ripe fruit on the fig-tree, I saw your fathers at the beginning: they went to Baal-Peor, and separated themselves unto that shame, and became abominations like their lover.

As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto the Baals, and burned incense to graven images.

And Jacob went in flight into the field of Aram, and Israel became a servant for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.