8 “U-Efrayimi uyazihlanganisa nabanye abantu:u-Efrayimi uyiqebelengwane elingaphendulwanga.
9 Abafokazi badlile amandla akhe,kepha yena akazi;izimvi zikhahlele kuye,kepha yena akazi.
10 Ukuzidla kuka-Israyeli kuyafakaza ebusweni bakhe,nokho ababuyelanga kuJehova uNkulunkulu wabo,abamfunanga kukho konke lokhu.
11 “U-Efrayimi unjengejuba elidukiswayo lingenangqondo;bayabiza iGibithe, baya e-Asiriya.
12 Lapho sebehamba,ngiyabenekela inetha lami,ngibehlise njengezinyoni zezulu,ngibajezise njengokuzwakeleyo ebandleni labo.
13 Maye kubo, ngokuba bangibalekele!Makube ngukuchithwa kubo,ngokuba baphambukile kimi!Bengiyakubahlenga minalabo abakhulume amanga ngami na?
14 Abakhalanga kimi ngezinhliziyo zabo,kepha bahhewula emibhedeni yabo;banovalo ngamabele abo nangewayini labo,kepha mina bayangihlubuka.