הושע יאHosea 11

I fell in love with IsraelWhen he was still a child;And I have called [him] My sonEver since Egypt.

Thus were they called,But they went their own way;They sacrifice to Baalim And offer to carved images.

I have pampered Ephraim,Taking them in My arms; But they have ignoredMy healing care.

I drew them with human ties, With cords of love;But I seemed to them as oneWho imposed a yoke on their jaws,Though I was offering them food.

No!They return to the land of Egypt,And Assyria is their king.Because they refuse to repent,

A sword shall descend upon their towns And consume their limbsAnd devour [them] because of their designs.

For My people persistsIn its defection from Me;When it is summoned upward,It does not rise at all.

How can I give you up, O Ephraim?How surrender you, O Israel?How can I make you like Admah,Render you like Zeboiim? I have had a change of heart,All My tenderness is stirred.

I will not act on My wrath,Will not turn to destroy Ephraim.For I am God—not human—The Holy One in your midst:I will not come in fury.

GOD will roar like a lion—Whom they shall march behind;With that roar, God’s children shall comeFluttering out of the west.

They shall flutter from Egypt like sparrows,From the land of Assyria like doves;And I will settle them in their homes—declares GOD.