9. For they have gone up to Assyria, a wild donkey wandering alone;Ephraim has hired lovers.
10. Though they hire allies among the nations,I will soon gather them up.And the king and princes shall soon writhebecause of the tribute.
11. Because Ephraim has multiplied altars for sinning,they have become to him altars for sinning.
12. Were I to write for him my laws by the ten thousands,they would be regarded as a strange thing.
13. As for my sacrificial offerings, they sacrifice meat and eat it,but the Lord does not accept them. Now he will remember their iniquityand punish their sins; they shall return to Egypt.
14. For Israel has forgotten his Makerand built palaces,and Judah has multiplied fortified cities;so I will send a fire upon his cities,and it shall devour her strongholds.