Ephraim was a trained calf that loved to thresh, and I spared her fair neck; but I will put Ephraim to the yoke; Judah must plow; Jacob must harrow for himself.

“以法莲是驯良的母牛犊，喜爱踹谷，我却将轭加在它肥美的颈项上，我要使以法莲拉套。犹大必耕田；雅各必耙地。

以法莲是驯良的母牛犊，喜爱踹谷，我要将轭套在它肥美的颈项上，我要使以法莲被套住；犹大必耕田，雅各必耙地。

以法莲是驯良的母牛犊，喜爱踹谷，我要将轭套在它肥美的颈项上，我要使以法莲被套住；犹大必耕田，雅各必耙地。

以法莲本是驯服的母牛犊，喜欢打谷，现在我要把轭套在它肥美的颈项上。我要使犹大耕田，使雅各耙地。”

以法莲是一头驯服的母牛犊，喜爱踹谷；我却要把轭扣在它肥美的颈项上，我要使以法莲拖犁；犹大要耕田，雅各必为自己耙地。

以法蓮是馴良的母牛犢，喜愛踹穀，我卻將軛加在牠肥美的頸項上，我要使以法蓮拉套。猶大必耕田；雅各必耙地。

以法蓮是馴良的母牛犢，喜愛踹穀，我要將軛套在牠肥美的頸項上，我要使以法蓮被套住；猶大必耕田，雅各必耙地。

以法蓮是馴良的母牛犢，喜愛踹穀，我要將軛套在牠肥美的頸項上，我要使以法蓮被套住；猶大必耕田，雅各必耙地。

以法蓮本是馴服的母牛犢，喜歡打穀，現在我要把軛套在牠肥美的頸項上。我要使猶大耕田，使雅各耙地。」

以法蓮是一頭馴服的母牛犢，喜愛踹穀；我卻要把軛扣在牠肥美的頸項上，我要使以法蓮拖犁；猶大要耕田，雅各必為自己耙地。

以法蓮是馴良的母牛犢，喜愛踹穀；我乃將軛加在，牠肥美的脖子上；使以法蓮拉套耕田，使雅各為自己耙地。

以法蓮乃馴習之牝犢、喜於踏穀、昔我惜其項之美、今則使之曳耒耜、猶大耕之、雅各耙之、

以法蓮若馴伏之犢、善於碾穀、其項甚美、置軛於上、使以法蓮曳車、猶大耕耘、雅各鋤地、

以法蓮若馴伏之犢、喜於踏穀、我加軛於其美項、使以法蓮曳車、車或作犁使猶大耕地、使雅各鈀平土塊、

Ephraim is a trained heifer that loves to thresh; so I will put a yoke on her fair neck. I will drive Ephraim, Judah must plow, and Jacob must break up the ground.

Ephraim was like a well- trained young cow. It loved to thresh grain. So I will put a yoke on its pretty neck. I will make Ephraim do hard work. Judah also must plow. So all the people of Jacob must break up the ground.

“ Israel is like a trained heifer treading out the grain— an easy job she loves. But I will put a heavy yoke on her tender neck. I will force Judah to pull the plow and Israel to break up the hard ground.

Ephraim is a well-trained calf that loves to thresh, but I will place a yoke on her fine neck. I will harness Ephraim; Judah will plow; Jacob will do the final plowing.

Ephraim is a trained heifer that loves to thresh, And I passed over her lovely neck; I will harness Ephraim, Judah will plow, Jacob will harrow for himself.

Ephraim is a trained heifer That loves to thresh grain; But I harnessed her fair neck, I will make Ephraim pull a plow. Judah shall plow; Jacob shall break his clods.”

And Ephraim is a heifer that is taught, that loveth to tread out the grain; but I have passed over upon her fair neck: I will set a rider on Ephraim; Judah shall plow, Jacob shall break his clods.

Ephraim is a well-trained calf that loves to thresh, but I will place a yoke on her fine neck. I will harness Ephraim; Judah will plow; Jacob will do the final plowing.

And Ephraim[ is as] an heifer[ that is] taught,[ and] loveth to tread out[ the corn]; but I passed over upon her fair neck: I will make Ephraim to ride; Judah shall plow,[ and] Jacob shall break his clods.

Ephraim was a well-trained heifer who loved to thresh grain; I myself put a fine yokeon her neck. I will harness Ephraim. Let Judah plow! Let Jacob break up the unplowed ground for himself!

Ephraim is a trained heifer that loves to thresh; so I will put a yoke on her beautiful neck. I will set a rider on Ephraim. Judah will plow. Jacob will break his clods.

Like a stubborn heifer, Israel is stubborn; can the Lord now feed them like a lamb in a broad pasture?

“ Though you rejoice, though you exult, O plunderers of my heritage, though you frolic like a heifer in the pasture, and neigh like stallions,

“ You shall not muzzle an ox when it is treading out the grain.

For such persons do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites, and by smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.

Therefore the Lord his God gave him into the hand of the king of Syria, who defeated him and took captive a great number of his people and brought them to Damascus. He was also given into the hand of the king of Israel, who struck him with great force.For Pekah the son of Remaliah killed 120,000 from Judah in one day, all of them men of valor, because they had forsaken the Lord, the God of their fathers.And Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, killed Maaseiah the king’s son and Azrikam the commander of the palace and Elkanah the next in authority to the king.The men of Israel took captive 200,000 of their relatives, women, sons, and daughters. They also took much spoil from them and brought the spoil to Samaria.

For their mother has played the whore; she who conceived them has acted shamefully. For she said,‘ I will go after my lovers, who give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, my oil and my drink.’

Does he who plows for sowing plow continually? Does he continually open and harrow his ground?

And the Lord said to me,“ Go again, love a woman who is loved by another man and is an adulteress, even as the Lord loves the children of Israel, though they turn to other gods and love cakes of raisins.”

Rejoice not, O Israel! Exult not like the peoples; for you have played the whore, forsaking your God. You have loved a prostitute’s wages on all threshing floors.

I led them with cords of kindness, with the bands of love, and I became to them as one who eases the yoke on their jaws, and I bent down to them and fed them.