11 ³ Yet it was I who taught E'phraim to walk,
I took them up in my arms;
but they did not know that I healed them.
11 ⁴ I led them with cords of compassion,
with the bands of love,
and I became to them as one,
who eases the yoke on their jaws,
and I bent down to them and fed them.

11 ⁵ They shall return to the land of Egypt,
and Assyria shall be their king,
because they have refused to return to me.
11 ⁶ The sword shall rage against their cities,
consume the bars of their gates,
and devour them in their fortresses.
11 ⁷ My people are bent on turning away from me;
so they are appointed to the yoke,
and none shall remove it.

11 ⁸ How can I give you up, O E'phraim!
How can I hand you over, O Israel!
How can I make you like Admah!
How can I treat you like Zeboi'im!
My heart recoils within me,
my compassion grows warm and tender.
11 ⁹ I will not execute my fierce anger,
I will not again destroy E'phraim;
for I am God and not man,
the Holy One in your midst,
and I will not come to destroy.

11 ¹⁰ They shall go after the LORD,
he will roar like a lion;
yea, he will roar,
and his sons shall come trembling from the west;
11 ¹¹ they shall come trembling like birds from Egypt,
and like doves from the land of Assyria;
and I will return them to their homes, says the LORD.