⁷ I brought you into a fertile land
    to eat its fruit and rich produce.^(A)
But you came and defiled my land
    and made my inheritance detestable.^(B)

¹¹ “Ephraim is like a dove,^(A)
    easily deceived and senseless—
now calling to Egypt,^(B)
    now turning to Assyria.^(C)

¹³ Though they offer sacrifices as gifts to me,
    and though they eat^(A) the meat,
    the Lord is not pleased with them.^(B)
Now he will remember^(C) their wickedness
    and punish their sins:^(D)
    They will return to Egypt.^(E)