And I will give her her vineyards from there, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope. And she shall make answer there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.

Hear the word of LORD, ye sons of Israel, for LORD has a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor goodness, nor knowledge of God in the land.

There is nothing but swearing and breaking faith, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery. They break out, and blood touches blood.

For I will be to Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah. I, even I, will tear and go away, I will carry off, and there shall be none to deliver.

But like Adam they have transgressed the covenant. There they have dealt treacherously against me.

I have seen a horrible thing in the house of Israel. Whoredom is there in Ephraim; Israel is defiled.

Also, O Judah, there is a harvest appointed for thee when I bring back the captivity of my people.

They are all hot as an oven, and devour their judges. All their kings are fallen. There is none among those who call to me.

Strangers have devoured his strength, and he does not know. Yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, and he does not know.

As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird. There shall be no birth, and none with child, and no conception.

All their wickedness is in Gilgal, for there I hated them. Because of the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of my house. I will love them no more. All their rulers are rebels.

O Israel, thou have sinned from the days of Gibeah. There they stood. The battle against the sons of iniquity does not overtake them in Gibeah.

Yea, he had strength over the [heavenly] agent, and prevailed, [as] he wept, and made supplication to him. He found him at Bethel, and there he spoke with us.

When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling. He exalted himself in Israel, but when he offended in Baal, he died.

Yet I am LORD thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou shall know no god but me, and besides me there is no savior.

I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart. And there I will devour them like a lioness. The wild beast shall tear them.