6 And the sword shall slash in his cities, Devour his districts, And consume them, Because of their own counsels.
7 My people are bent on abacksliding from Me. Though1 they call to the Most High, None at all exalt Him.
8 “Howa can I give you up, Ephraim? How can I hand you over, Israel? How can I make you like bAdmah? How can I set you like Zeboiim? My heart1 churns within Me; My sympathy is stirred.
9 I will not execute the fierceness of My anger; I will not again destroy Ephraim. aFor I am God, and not man, The Holy One in your midst; And I will not1 come with terror.
10 “They shall walk after the Lord. aHe will roar like a lion. When He roars, Then His sons shall come trembling from the west;
11 They shall come trembling like a bird from Egypt, aLike a dove from the land of Assyria. bAnd I will let them dwell in their houses,” Says the Lord.
God asks rhetorically, "How can I give you up, Ephraim? How can I hand you over, Israel?" He goes on to explain that He will roar like a lion, and "then His sons shall come trembling from the west."
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