<p class="poetry">I granted<n id="1" /> you a king in my anger,p> <p class="poetry">and I will take him away in my wrath!p>

<p class="poetry">O Samaria, he has rejected your calf idol!p> <p class="poetry">My anger burns against them!p> <p class="poetry">They will not survive much longer without being punished,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">even though they are Israelites!p>

<t /><p class="poetry">&#8220;I will heal their waywardness<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and love them freely,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">for my anger will turn<n id="3" /> away from them.p>

<p class="poetry">I cannot carry out<n id="1" /> my fierce anger!p> <p class="poetry">I cannot totally destroy Ephraim!p> <p class="poetry">Because I am God, and not man &#8211; the Holy One among you &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">I will not come in wrath!p>