7 “For they sow the wind, and reap the whirlwind. The stalk has no bud, it yields no grain. If it does yield, strangers swallow it up.
8 “Yisra’ĕl has been swallowed up. They have now become among the nations as a vessel in which is no pleasure.
9 “For they themselves have gone up to Ashshur. A wild donkey alone by itself is Ephrayim, they have hired lovers.
10 “Also, although they sold themselves among the nations, this time I shall gather them, when they have suffered for a while from the burden of a sovereign, of rulers.
11 “Since Ephrayim has made many altars for sin, they have been altars for sinning to him.
12 “I have written for him numerous matters of My Torah – they were regarded as strange.
13 “As for My offerings: they slaughter flesh and they eat. יהוה shall not accept them. Now does He remember their crookedness and punish their sins. Let them return to Mitsrayim!