¹⁰ Even though they hire lovers among the nations,
    I will now gather them together.
    They will begin to suffer in a little while,
    because of oppression by a king with many officials.
¹¹ Ephraim has multiplied his altars for sin offerings,
    but for him they became altars for sinning.
¹² Though I wrote many teachings from my law for them,
    they regarded them as strange.