Hosea 8:8-9

8:8 Israel will be swallowed up among the nations;

they will be like a worthless piece of pottery.

The Willful Donkey and the Wanton Harlot

8:9 They have gone up to Assyria,

like a wild donkey that wanders off.

Ephraim has hired prostitutes as lovers. ¹ 

¹ tn Or “has hired herself out to lovers”; cf. NIV “has sold herself to lovers.”