11:4. I will draw them with the cords of Adam, with the bands of love: and I will be to them as one that taketh off the yoke on their jaws: and I put his meat to him that he might eat. 11:5. He shall not return into the land of Egypt, but the Assyrian shall be his king: because they would not be converted. 11:6. The sword hath begun in his cities, and it shall consume his chosen men, and shall devour their heads. 11:7. And my people shall long for my return: but a yoke shall be put upon them together, which shall not be taken off. 11:8. How shall I deal with thee, O Ephraim, shall I protect thee, O Israel? how shall I make thee as Adama, shall I set thee as Seboim? my heart is turned within me, my repentance is stirred up. Adama, etc... Adama and Seboim were two cities in the neighborhood of Sodom: and underwent the like destruction. 11:9. I will not execute the fierceness of my wrath: I will not return to destroy Ephraim: because I am God, and not man: the holy one in the midst of thee, and I will not enter into the city. 11:10. They shall walk after the Lord, he shall roar as a lion: because he shall roar, and the children of the sea shall fear. 11:11. And they shall fly away like a bird out of Egypt, and like a dove out of the land of the Assyrians: and I will place them in their own houses, saith the Lord. 11:12. Ephraim hath compassed me about with denials, and the house of Israel with deceit: but Juda went down as a witness with God, and is faithful with the saints. Osee Chapter 12 Israel is reproved for sin. God's favours to them. 12:1. Ephraim feedeth on the wind, and followeth the burning heat: all the day long he multiplied lies and desolation: and he hath made a covenant with the Assyrians, and carried oil into Egypt. 12:2. Therefore there is a judgment of the Lord with Juda, and a visitation for Jacob: he will render to him according to his ways, and according to his devices. 12:3. In the womb he supplanted his brother: and by his strength he had success with an angel. 12:4. And he prevailed over the angel, and was strengthened: he wept, and made supplication to him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spoke with us. 12:5. Even the Lord God of hosts, the Lord is his memorial. 12:6. Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and hope in thy God always. 12:7. He is like Chanaan, there is a deceitful balance in his hand, he hath loved oppression. 12:8. And Ephraim said: But yet I am become rich, I have found me an idol: all my labours shall not find me the iniquity that I have committed. 12:9. And I that am the Lord thy God from the land of Egypt, will yet cause thee to dwell in tabernacles, as in the days of the feast. 12:10. And I have spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and I have used similitudes by the ministry of the prophets.