7. My people are determined to turn from me.Even though they call me God Most High,I will by no means exalt them.
8. ‘How can I give you up, Ephraim?How can I hand you over, Israel?How can I treat you like Admah?How can I make you like Zeboyim?My heart is changed within me;all my compassion is aroused.
9. I will not carry out my fierce anger,nor will I devastate Ephraim again.For I am God, and not a man –the Holy One among you.I will not come against their cities.
10. They will follow the Lord;he will roar like a lion.When he roars,his children will come trembling from the west.
11. They will come from Egypt,trembling like sparrows,from Assyria, fluttering like doves.I will settle them in their homes,’declares the Lord.
12. Ephraim has surrounded me with lies,Israel with deceit.And Judah is unruly against God,even against the faithful Holy One.