9 Ephraim shall become a wastelandon the day of punishment:Among the tribes of IsraelI announce what is sure to be.
10 The princes of Judah have becomelike those who move a boundary line; Upon them I will pour outmy wrath like water.
11 Ephraim is oppressed, crushed by judgment,for he has willingly gone after filth!
12 I am like a moth for Ephraim,like rot for the house of Judah.
13 When Ephraim saw his infirmity,and Judah his sore,Ephraim went to Assyria,and sent to the great king. But he cannot heal you,nor take away your sore.
14 For I am like a lion to Ephraim,like a young lion to the house of Judah;It is I who tear the prey and depart,I carry it away and no one can save it.
15 I will go back to my placeuntil they make reparationand seek my presence.In their affliction, they shall look for me.