1. “When Yisra’ĕl was a child, I loved him, and out of Mitsrayim I called My son.
2. “They called to them, so they went from their face. They slaughtered to the Ba‛als, and burned incense to carved images.
3. “And I taught Ephrayim to walk, taking them by their arms, but they did not know that I healed them.
4. “I drew them with ropes of man, with cords of love, and I was to them as those who take the yoke from their neck. And I bent down, fed them.