7 My people are bent on backsliding from Me.Though they call to the Most High,None at all exalt Him.
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 set you like Zeboiim?My heart churns within Me;My sympathy is stirred.
9 I will not execute the fierceness of My anger;I will not again destroy Ephraim.For I am God, and not man,The Holy One in your midst;And I will not come with terror.
10 “They shall walk after the Lord.He will roar like a lion.When He roars,Then His sons shall come trembling from the west;
11 They shall come trembling like a bird from Egypt,Like a dove from the land of Assyria.And I will let them dwell in their houses,”Says the Lord.
12 “Ephraim has encircled Me with lies,And the house of Israel with deceit;But Judah still walks with God,Even with the Holy One who is faithful.