8. Israel is swallowed up: now are they among the nations as a vessel wherein none delighteth.
9. For they are gone up to Assyria, like a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.
10. Yea, though they hire among the nations, now will I gather them; and they begin to be diminished by reason of the burden of the king of princes.
11. Because Ephraim hath multiplied altars for sinning, altars have been unto him for sinning.
12. I wrote for him the ten thousand things of my law; but they are counted as a strange thing.
13. As for the sacrifices of mine offerings, they sacrifice flesh and eat it; but Jehovah accepteth them not: now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins; they shall return to Egypt.
14. For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and builded palaces; and Judah hath multiplied fortified cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the castles thereof.