9 Ephraim will be a desolation

in the day of punishment;

among the tribes of Israel

I will reveal what is true.

10 The princes of Judah have become

like those who remove a landmark;

on them I will pour out

my wrath like water.

11 Ephraim is oppressed,

crushed in judgment,

because he was determined

to go after filth.f

12 But I am like a maggot to Ephraim

and like rottenness to the house of Judah.

13 And when Ephraim saw his illness,

and Judah his wound,

Ephraim went to Assyria,

he sent to the great king.g

But he was unable to cure you

and heal your wound.

14 Because I will be like a lion to Ephraim

and like a fierce strong lion to the house of Judah.

I myself will tear and I will go;

I will carry off, and there is no one who delivers.

15 ⌊I will return again⌋h to my place

until they acknowledge their guilt

and seek my face;

in their distress they will searchi me.