<p class="poetry">I led them with leather<n id="1" /> cords,p> <p class="poetry">with leather<n id="2" /> ropes;p> <p class="poetry">I lifted the yoke<n id="3" /> from their neck,<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">and gently fed them.<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">Return to the <sc>Lordsc> and repent!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Say to him: &#8220;Completely<n id="2" /> forgive our iniquity;p> <p class="poetry">accept<n id="3" /> our penitential prayer,<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">that we may offer the praise of our lips as sacrificial bulls.<n id="5" />p>

Then the <sc>Lordsc> said to Hosea,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Name him &#8216;Jezreel,&#8217; because in a little while I will punish<n id="2" /> the dynasty<n id="3" /> of Jehu on account of the bloodshed<n id="4" /> in the valley of Jezreel,<n id="5" /> and I will put an end to the kingdom<n id="6" /> of Israel.<n id="7" />