¹When Israel was a child,

I loved him,

And I called my son from Egypt.

²As they called them,

So they departed from their presence.

They sacrificed to the Baalim,

And they burnt incense to carved images.

³And I taught Ephraim to walk,

Taking them by their arms,

But they did not know that I had healed them.

⁴I drew them with human cords,

With strings of love,

And I was to them like those who lift off the yoke on their jaws.

And I stretched my hand out to them

And fed them.

⁵He shall not return to the land of Egypt,

Or go to Assyria, which was his king

When they refused to repent.

⁶And the sword was wielded in his cities,

And it wasted his officials,

And it devoured them,

Because of their counsels.

⁷But my people are bent on backsliding from me.

Although they call upon him

– To the Most High –

They collectively do not exalt him.

⁸How could I give you up, Ephraim,

Or deliver you up, Israel?

How could I give you up, like Admah,

Or make you like Zeboim?

My heart has turned within me;

My consolations are altogether kindled.

⁹I will not execute the fury of my anger;

I will not ruin Ephraim again,

For I am God, and not man

– The holy one in your midst –

And I will not come in anger.

¹⁰They shall walk after the Lord;

He shall roar like a lion.

When he roars,

Sons of men tremble more than they do from a roaring sea.

¹¹They will tremble like a bird from Egypt

Or a dove from the land of Assyria.

Then I will settle them in their houses,

Says the Lord.

¹²Ephraim has surrounded me with falsehood,

And the house of Israel with deceit,

But Judah still walks with God,

And is faithful with the holy ones.

Reference(s) in Chapter 11: v.1 ↔ Matthew 2:15.