ULT HOS Chapter 11

11 When Israel was a child I loved him,

and out of Egypt I called my son.

2 They called to them, thus they went from their faces.

They kept sacrificing to the Baals

and burning to the idols.

3 Yet I, I taught Ephraim to walk.

He took them upon his arms,

but they did not know that I healed them.

4 I led them with cords of humanity,

with bands of love.

And I was to them like the lifters of a yoke on their jaws,

and I bent down to him; I fed him.

5 He will not return to the land of Egypt,

but Assyria—he will be his king,

because they refused to return.

6 The sword will whirl against his cities,

and will destroy his bars,

and will devour because of their plans.

7 And my people are bent on turning away from me.

Though they call to him on high,

he will not raise them up at all.

8 How can I give you up, Ephraim,

surrender you, Israel?

How can I make you like Admah,

set you like Zeboiim?

My heart is turned over within me;

all my compassions are aroused together.

9 I will not carry out the burning of my nose;

I will not repeat to destroy Ephraim!

For I am God and not man,

the Holy One in your midst,

and I will not come in wrath.”

10 They will come after Yahweh;

he will roar like a lion.

When he, he roars,

sons will come trembling from the sea.

11 “They will come trembling like a bird from Egypt,

and like a dove from the land of Assyria.

And I will settle them in their homes”—the declaration of Yahweh.

12 “Ephraim has surrounded me with lies,

and the house of Israel with deceit.

But Judah still roams with God,

and is established with the Holy One.”