9Foreigners sap his strength,

but he does not realize it.

His hair is sprinkled with gray,

but he does not notice.

10Israel’s arrogance testifies against him,

but despite all this

he does not return to the Lord his God

or search for him.

11“Ephraim is like a dove,

easily deceived and senseless—

now calling to Egypt,

now turning to Assyria.

12When they go, I will throw my net over them;

I will pull them down like birds of the air.

When I hear them flocking together,

I will catch them.

13Woe to them,

because they have strayed from me!

Destruction to them,

because they have rebelled against me!

I long to redeem them

but they speak lies against me.

14They do not cry out to me from their hearts

but wail upon their beds.

They gather together^a for grain and new wine

but turn away from me.

15I trained them and strengthened them,

but they plot evil against me.

16They do not turn to the Most High;

they are like a faulty bow.

Their leaders will fall by the sword

because of their insolent words.

For this they will be ridiculed

in the land of Egypt.