o ephraim.

My son, O Israel, I loved you (11:1)

Out of Egypt, my child, you were called

Yet the more I called the further you ran

Saying "We do not have a king." (10:3)

O Ephraim, I taught you to walk (11:3)

I was there when you fell to take you by the arms

And though you still walked unaware

I led you with kindness and bands of love (11:4)

Healing though you did not know (11:3)

Prosperity I withheld not

But you claimed it your own and declared yourself rich (12:8)

So by my own breath I have stripped (13:15)

All the works of your hands so you may not forget (13:6)

That besides me, child you have no king (13:4)

My child, return to me! (6:1)

I have torn you to heal and struck you to bind!

You have eaten the fruit of a lie (10:13)

Now sow yourself righteousness (10:12), the proper sacrifice (6:6)

For you are my beautiful bride (2:16)

O Ephraim, what have I to do with idols? (14:8)

It is I who answer and look after you

I am like the evergreen cypress from me comes your fruit

For I am the Lord your God (12:9)