God’s Word
For Everyday Life

“When Israel was a child, then I loved him,

They called to them, so they went from them.

Yet I taught Ephraim to walk.

I drew them with cords of a man, with ties of love;

“They won’t return into the land of Egypt;

The sword will fall on their cities,

My people are determined to turn from me.

“How can I give you up, Ephraim?

I will not execute the fierceness of my anger.

They will walk after the LORD,

They will come trembling like a bird out of Egypt,

Ephraim surrounds me with falsehood,