[11:1] When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son.
[11:2] The more they were called, the more they went away; they kept sacrificing to the Baals and burning offerings to idols.
[11:3] Yet it was I who taught Ephraim to walk; I took them up by their arms, but they did not know that I healed them.
[11:4] I led them with cords of kindness, with the bands of love, and I became to them as one who eases the yoke on their jaws, and I bent down to them and fed them.
[11:5] They shall not return to the land of Egypt, but Assyria shall be their king, because they have refused to return to me.
[11:6] The sword shall rage against their cities, consume the bars of their gates, and devour them because of their own counsels.
[11:7] My people are bent on turning away from me, and though they call out to the Most High, he shall not raise them up at all.
[11:8] How can I give you up, O Ephraim? How can I hand you over, O Israel? How can I make you like Admah? How can I treat you like Zeboiim? My heart recoils within me; my compassion grows warm and tender.
[11:9] I will not execute my burning anger; I will not again destroy Ephraim; for I am God and not a man, the Holy One in your midst, and I will not come in wrath.
[11:10] They shall go after the Lord; he will roar like a lion; when he roars, his children shall come trembling from the west;
[11:11] they shall come trembling like birds from Egypt, and like doves from the land of Assyria, and I will return them to their homes, declares the Lord.
[11:12] Ephraim has surrounded me with lies, and the house of Israel with deceit, but Judah still walks with God and is faithful to the Holy One.
[12:1] Ephraim feeds on the wind and pursues the east wind all day long; they multiply falsehood and violence; they make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried to Egypt.