8. “Yisra’ĕl has been swallowed up. They have now become among the nations as a vessel in which is no pleasure.
9. “For they themselves have gone up to Ashshur. A wild donkey alone by itself is Ephrayim, they have hired lovers.
10. “Also, although they sold themselves among the nations, this time I shall gather them, when they have suffered for a while from the burden of a sovereign, of rulers.
11. “Since Ephrayim has made many altars for sin, they have been altars for sinning to him.