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1 When Yisroel was a na'ar (child), I loved him,
and called Beni (My son) out of Mitzrayim.*
2 The more I called them,
the more they went from Me;
they sacrificed unto Ba'alim,
and burned incense to peselim (graven images).
3 Yet it was I who taught Ephrayim to walk,
taking them by their zero'ot;
but they knew not
that it was I who healed them.
4 I drew them with cords of man,
with bands of ahavah;
and I was to them
as they that ease the ol (yoke) on their jaws,
and I bent down to feed them.
5 Will they not return into Eretz Mitzrayim?
And will not the Assyrian be his melech,
because they refused to make teshuvah.
6 And the cherev shall flash in his towns,
and shall destroy his gate bars, and devour them,
because of their own counsels.
7 And Ami are bent to backsliding from Me;
though they called to the Most High,
none at all would exalt Him.
8 How shall I give thee up, Ephrayim?
How shall I hand thee over, Yisroel?
How shall I make thee as Admah?
How shall I make thee as Tzevoyim?
Mine lev is turned within Me,
My relentings are kindled together.
9 I will not execute Mine charon af,
I will not return to destroy Ephrayim;
for El ani, and not ish;
the Kadosh (Holy One) in the midst of thee;
and I will not come in wrath.
10 They shall walk after Hashem;
He shall roar like an aryeh;
when He shall roar,
then the banim shall come trembling from the west.
11 They shall come trembling as a bird out of Mitzrayim,
and as a yonah out of Eretz Assyria;
and I will place them in their batim (houses),
saith Hashem.
* 11:1 Mt 2:15