"Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth not."

"The LORD hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him."

"Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit: yea, though they bring forth, yet will I slay even the beloved fruit of their womb."

"The watchman of Ephraim was with my God: but the prophet is a snare of a fowler in all his ways, and hatred in the house of his God."

"They shall tremble as a bird out of Egypt, and as a dove out of the land of Assyria: and I will place them in their houses, saith the LORD."

"For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place."

"The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed: the thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars; and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us; and to the hills, Fall on us."

"I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon."

"The floor and the winepress shall not feed them, and the new wine shall fail in her."

"¶ And she conceived again, and bare a daughter. And God said unto him, Call her name Lo-ruhamah: for I will no more have mercy upon the house of Israel; but I will utterly take them away."