<p class="poetry">I have seen a disgusting thing in the temple of Israel:p> <p class="poetry">there Ephraim practices temple prostitutionp> <p class="poetry">and Judah defiles itself.p>

<p class="poetry">Just as lion cubs are born predators,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">so Ephraim will bear his sons for slaughter.p>

<p class="poetry">When I found Israel, it was like finding grapes in the wilderness.p> <p class="poetry">I viewed your ancestors<n id="1" /> like an early fig on a fig tree in its first season.p> <p class="poetry">Then they came to Baal-Peor and they dedicated themselves to shame &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">they became as detestable as what they loved.p>

<p class="poetry">When Ephraim saw<n id="1" /> his sicknessp> <p class="poetry">and Judah saw his wound,p> <p class="poetry">then Ephraim turned<n id="2" /> to Assyria,p> <p class="poetry">and begged<n id="3" /> its great king<n id="4" /> for help.p> <p class="poetry">But he will not be able to heal you!p> <p class="poetry">He cannot cure your wound!<n id="5" />p>