1 When Israel was a child, I loved him,and out of Egypt I called my son.
2 The more they were called,the more they went away; they kept sacrificing to the Baalsand burning offerings to idols.
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,and I became to them as one who eases the yoke on their jaws,and I bent down to them and fed them.
5 They shall not return to the land of Egypt,but Assyria shall be their king, because they have refused to return to me.