1. Just as the morning passes, so has the king of Israel passed by. For Israel was a child and I loved him; and out of Egypt I called my son.
2. They called them, and so they departed before their face. They offered victims to the Baals, and they sacrificed to graven images.
3. And I was like a foster father to Ephraim. I carried them in my arms. And they did not know that I healed them.
4. I will draw them with the cords of Adam, with the bands of love. And I will be to them like one who raises the yoke over their jaws. And I will reach down to him so that he may eat.
5. He will not return to the land of Egypt, but Assur himself will be the king over him, because they were not willing to be converted.