For they have gone up to Assyria, like a wild donkey wandering alone. Ephraim has hired lovers for himself.

他们投奔亚述，如同独行的野驴；以法莲贿买朋党。

他们投奔亚述如独行的野驴。以法莲雇用情人，

他们投奔亚述如独行的野驴。以法莲雇用情人，

他们投奔亚述，就像孤独漂泊的野驴。以法莲收买情人。

他们上去投奔亚述，像一只独行的野驴，以法莲贿买爱人。

他們投奔亞述，如同獨行的野驢；以法蓮賄買朋黨。

他們投奔亞述如獨行的野驢。以法蓮雇用情人，

他們投奔亞述如獨行的野驢。以法蓮雇用情人，

他們投奔亞述，就像孤獨漂泊的野驢。以法蓮收買情人。

他們上去投奔亞述，像一隻獨行的野驢，以法蓮賄買愛人。

因為他們上去投奔亞述，如獨行尋偶的野驢；以法蓮將愛情當禮物賄買人。

彼往亞述、如獨行之野驢、以法蓮以賄求愛、

昔以法蓮往亞述、以金贈於所歡、猶之野驢、欲求其牡、

彼往亞述求救、彼如獨處之野驢、以法蓮賄贈朋黨、

For they have gone up to Assyria like a wild donkey wandering alone. Ephraim has sold herself to lovers.

They have gone up to Assyria for help. They are like a wild donkey that wanders around by itself. Ephraim’s people have sold themselves to their Assyrian lovers.

For they have gone up to Assyria, a wild donkey wandering alone; Ephraim has hired lovers.

Like a wild donkey looking for a mate, they have gone up to Assyria. The people of Israel have sold themselves— sold themselves to many lovers.

For they have gone up to Assyria like a wild donkey going off on its own. Ephraim has paid for love.

For they have gone up to Assyria, Like a wild donkey all alone; Ephraim has paid fees for lovers.

For they have gone up to Assyria, Like a wild donkey alone by itself; Ephraim has hired lovers.

For they are gone up to Assyria, like a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.

For they have gone up to Assyria like a wild donkey going off on its own. Ephraim has paid for love.

For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.

They have gone up to Assyria, like a wild donkey that wanders off. Ephraim has hired prostitutes as lovers.

a wild donkey used to the wilderness, that sniffs the wind in her craving. When she is in heat, who can turn her away? All those who seek her will not weary themselves. In her month, they will find her.

People give gifts to all prostitutes; but you give your gifts to all your lovers, and bribe them, that they may come to you on every side for your prostitution.You are different from other women in your prostitution, in that no one follows you to play the prostitute; and whereas you give hire, and no hire is given to you, therefore you are different.”’

“ Ephraim is like an easily deceived dove, without understanding. They call to Egypt. They go to Assyria.

“ When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah his wound, Then Ephraim went to Assyria, and sent to king Jareb: but he is not able to heal you, neither will he cure you of your wound.

Pul the king of Assyria came against the land, and Menahem gave Pul one thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand.

Ephraim feeds on wind, and chases the east wind. He continually multiplies lies and desolation. They make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried into Egypt.

The burden of the animals of the South. Through the land of trouble and anguish, of the lioness and the lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they carry their riches on the shoulders of young donkeys, and their treasures on the humps of camels, to an unprofitable people.

“ Who has set the wild donkey free? Or who has loosened the bonds of the swift donkey,whose home I have made the wilderness, and the salt land his dwelling place?He scorns the tumult of the city, neither does he hear the shouting of the driver.The range of the mountains is his pasture, He searches after every green thing.

Now I will uncover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and no one will deliver her out of my hand.

For their mother has played the prostitute. She who conceived them has done 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.’Therefore behold, I will hedge up your way with thorns, and I will build a wall against her, that she can’t find her way.She will follow after her lovers, but she won’t overtake them; and she will seek them, but won’t find them. Then she will say,‘ I will go and return to my first husband; for then was it better with me than now.’

“ Oholah played the prostitute when she was mine. She doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbors,who were clothed with blue, governors and rulers, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding on horses.She gave herself as a prostitute to them, all of them the choicest men of Assyria. She defiled herself with the idols of whoever she lusted after.She hasn’t left her prostitution since leaving Egypt; for in her youth they lay with her. They caressed her youthful nipples; and they poured out their prostitution on her.“ Therefore I delivered her into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of the Assyrians, on whom she doted.