Hosea 11

¹ “ When Israel was a child, then I loved him,

² They called to them, so they went from them.

³ Yet I taught Ephraim to walk.

⁴ I drew them with cords of a man, with ties of love;

⁵ “ They won’t return into the land of Egypt;

⁶ The sword will fall on their cities,

⁷ My people are determined to turn from me. Though they call to the Most High,

⁸ “How can I give you up, Ephraim? How can I hand you over, Israel? How can I make you like Admah? How can I make you like Zeboiim?

⁹ I will not execute the fierceness of my anger.

¹⁰ They will walk after the LORD,

¹¹ They will come trembling like a bird out of Egypt,

¹² Ephraim surrounds me with falsehood, and the house of Israel with deceit. Judah still strays from God, and is unfaithful to the Holy One.