<t /><p class="poetry">They have gone up to Assyria,p> <p class="poetry">like a wild donkey that wanders off.p> <p class="poetry">Ephraim has hired prostitutes as lovers.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> brought Israel out of Egypt by a prophet,p> <p class="poetry">and due to a prophet<n id="1" /> Israel<n id="2" /> was preserved alive.<n id="3" />p>

Then the people<n id="1" /> of Judah and the people of Israel will be gathered together. They will appoint for themselves one leader,<n id="2" /> and will flourish in the land.<n id="3" /> Certainly,<n id="4" /> the day of Jezreel will be great!

<t /><p class="poetry">Although you, O Israel, commit adultery,p> <p class="poetry">do not let Judah become guilty!p> <p class="poetry">Do not journey to Gilgal!p> <p class="poetry">Do not go up to Beth Aven!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Do not swear, &#8220;As surely as the <sc>Lordsc> lives!&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">The high places of the &#8220;House<n id="1" /> of Wickedness&#8221;<n id="2" /> will be destroyed;p> <p class="poetry">it is the place where Israel sins.p> <p class="poetry">Thorns and thistles will grow up over its altars.p> <p class="poetry">Then they will say to the mountains, &#8220;Cover us!&#8221;p> <p class="poetry">and to the hills, &#8220;Fall on us!&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">From there I will give back her vineyards to her,p> <p class="poetry">and turn the &#8220;Valley of Trouble&#8221;<n id="1" /> into an &#8220;Opportunity<n id="2" /> for Hope.&#8221;p> <p class="poetry">There she will sing as she did when she was young,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">when<n id="4" /> she came up from the land of Egypt.p>

<t /><p class="poetry">Even though he flourishes like a reed plant,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">a scorching east wind will come,p> <p class="poetry">a wind from the <sc>Lordsc> rising up from the desert.p> <p class="poetry">As a result, his spring will dry up;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">his well will become dry.p> <p class="poetry">That wind<n id="3" /> will spoil all his delightful foodsp> <p class="poetry">in the containers in his storehouse.p>