¹⁶ The Israelites are stubborn,^(A)
    like a stubborn heifer.^(B)
How then can the Lord pasture them
    like lambs^(C) in a meadow?

¹¹ Ephraim is a trained heifer
    that loves to thresh;
so I will put a yoke^(A)
    on her fair neck.
I will drive Ephraim,
    Judah must plow,
    and Jacob must break up the ground.