1. When Israel was a child, I loved him,
         and out of Egypt I called my son.
2. But the more I called them,
         the farther they departed from me.
   They sacrificed to the Ba’al idols
         and burned incense to images.
3. Yet it was I who taught Ephraim to walk;
         I took them up by their arms,
   but they did not know that I healed them.
4. I led them with cords of kindness,
         with the bands of love…
7. My people are obsessed with turning away from me;
         they call to Ba’al, but he will never exalt them!
8. How can I give you up, O Ephraim?
         How can I hand you over, O Israel?
   How can I make you like Admah?
         How can I treat you like Zeboiim?
   My heart recoils within me;
         my compassion grows warm and tender.
9. I will not execute my burning anger;
         I will not again destroy Ephraim;
   for I am God and not a man—the Holy One in your midst,
         and I will not come in anger.
10. They shall follow the LORD;
          he will roar like a lion;
    when he roars,
          his children shall come trembling from the west;
11. they shall come trembling like birds from Egypt,
          and like doves from the land of Assyria,
    and I will return them to their homes,
          declares the LORD.

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