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11:1  When Israel was a child, I loved him,and out of Egypt I called my son.
11:2  The more I called to them, the more they went away from me. They kept sacrificing to the Baals and burning incense to idols.
11:3  Yet I was the one who taught Ephraim to walk. I took them in my arms, but they did not realize that it was I who healed them.
11:4  I drew them with cords suitable for a man, with ropes of love. For them I became like someone who lifts a yoke off their neck, and I bent down to feed them.
11:5  They will not return into the land of Egypt. Instead, an Assyrian will be their king, because they refused to repent.
11:6  The sword will slash against their cities. It will destroy the bars of their gates, and it will devour them because of their plans.
11:7  My people are determined to turn away from me. Though they call him the Most High, he certainly will not exalt them.
11:8  How can I give you up, Ephraim? How can I hand you over, Israel? How can I make you like Admah? How can I treat you like Zeboiim? My heart is changed inside me. All my compassion is stirred up.
11:9  I will not carry out my burning anger. I will not destroy Ephraim again, because I am God, and not man, the Holy One among you. I will not enter a city.
11:10  They will follow the Lord. He will roar like a lion. Yes, he will roar, and his children will come trembling from the west.
11:11  They will come trembling like a bird from Egypt, and like a dove from the land of Assyria. I will settle them in their houses, declares the Lord.
11:12  Ephraim surrounds me with falsehood, and the house of Israel with deceit. Judah still strays from God, even from the Holy One, who is faithful.