<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>

<t /><p class="poetry">What am I going to do with you, O Ephraim?p> <p class="poetry">What am I going to do with you, O Judah?p> <p class="poetry">For<n id="1" /> your faithfulness is as fleeting as the morning mist;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">it disappears as quickly as dawn&#8217;s dew!<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">I have appointed a time to reap judgment<n id="1" /> for you also, O Judah!p><t /><p class="poetry">Whenever I want to restore the fortunes of my people,<n id="2" />p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">When the <sc>Lordsc> first spoke<n id="1" /> through<n id="2" /> Hosea, he<n id="3" /> said to him,<n id="4" /> &#8220;Go marry<n id="5" /> a prostitute<n id="6" /> who will bear illegitimate children conceived through prostitution,<n id="7" /> because the nation<n id="8" /> continually commits spiritual prostitution<n id="9" /> by turning away from<n id="10" /> the <sc>Lordsc>.&#8221;

<t /><p class="bodytext">The <sc>Lordsc> said to me, &#8220;Go, show love to<n id="1" /> your wife<n id="2" /> again, even though she loves<n id="3" /> another man<n id="4" /> and continually commits adultery.<n id="5" /> Likewise, the <sc>Lordsc> loves<n id="6" /> the Israelites<n id="7" /> although they turn to other gods and love to offer raisin cakes to idols.&#8221;<n id="8" />