Hosea 11:3-12

3Yet it is I who taught Ephraim to walk, 1I 2took them in My arms; But they did not know that I 3healed them.4I 4led them with cords of a man, with bonds of love, And 5I became to them as one who lifts the yoke from their jaws; And I bent down and 6fed them.

57They will not return to the land of Egypt; But Assyria--he will be 8their king Because they 9refused to return to Me.6The 10sword will whirl against 11their cities, And will demolish 12their gate bars And 13consume them because of their 14counsels.7So My people are bent on 15turning from Me. Though 16they call 17them to the One on high, None at all exalts Him.

818How can I give you up, O Ephraim? How can I surrender you, O Israel? How can I 19make you like 20Admah? How can I treat you like 21Zeboiim? My heart is turned over within Me, 22All My compassions are kindled.9I will 23not execute My fierce anger; I will not destroy Ephraim 24again. For 25I am God and not man, the 26Holy One in your midst, And I will not come in 27wrath.10They will 28walk after the Lord, He will 29roar like a lion; Indeed He will roar And His sons will come 30trembling from the west.11They will come trembling like birds from 31Egypt And like 32doves from the land of 33Assyria; And I will 34settle them in their houses, declares the Lord.

1235Ephraim surrounds Me with 36lies And the house of Israel with deceit; Judah is also unruly against God, Even against the Holy One who is faithful.