1. “When Israel was a child, I loved him,And out of Egypt I called My son.
2. As they called them,So they went from them;They sacrificed to the Baals,And burned incense to carved images.
3. “I taught Ephraim to walk,Taking them by their arms;But they did not know that I healed them.
4. I drew them with gentle cords,With bands of love,And I was to them as those who take the yoke from their neck.I stooped and fed them.
5. “He shall not return to the land of Egypt;But the Assyrian shall be his king,Because they refused to repent.