¹⁷ He is a young ox, glory is his; his horns are the horns of the mountain ox, with which all peoples will be wounded, even to the ends of the earth: they are the ten thousands of Ephraim and the thousands of Manasseh.

²² It is God who has taken them out of Egypt; his horns are like those of the mountain ox.

⁵ Through you will we overcome our haters; by your name will they be crushed under our feet who are violent against us.

¹¹ And Zedekiah, the son of Chenaanah, made himself horns of iron and said, The Lord says, Pushing back the Aramaeans with these, you will put an end to them completely.

¹⁰ But my horn is lifted up like the horn of the ox: the best oil is flowing on my head.

¹ And the sons of Reuben, the oldest son of Israel, (for he was the oldest son, but, because he made his father's bride-bed unclean, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph, the son of Israel; but he is not to be given the place of the oldest.

⁸ It is God who has taken him out of Egypt; his horns are like those of the mountain ox; the nations warring against him will be his food, their bones will be broken, they will be wounded with his arrows.

¹⁹ But his father would not, saying, I am doing it on purpose, my son; he will certainly become a nation and a great one; but his younger brother will be greater than he, and his seed will become a great family of nations.

¹ When my desire was for the fate of my people to be changed and to make Israel well, then the sin of Ephraim was made clear, and the evil-doing of Samaria; for their ways are false, and the thief comes into the house, while the band of outlaws takes property by force in the streets.

⁴ O Ephraim, what am I to do to you? O Judah, what am I to do to you? For your love is like a morning cloud, and like the dew which goes early away.

³ I have knowledge of Ephraim, and Israel is not secret from me; for now, O Ephraim, you have been false to me, Israel has become unclean.

⁷ And the strong oxen will go down to death together with the smaller cattle.

⁶ He makes them go jumping about like a young ox; Lebanon and Sirion like a young mountain ox.

²¹ Be my saviour from the lion's mouth; let me go free from the horns of the cruel oxen.

⁹ To whom I have given the waste land for a heritage, and the salt land as a living-place.

¹⁰ He makes sport of the noise of the town; the voice of the driver does not come to his ears;

¹⁰ And Zedekiah, the son of Chenaanah, made himself iron horns and said, The Lord says, Pushing back the Aramaeans with these, you will put an end to them completely.

³⁷ These are the families of Ephraim as they were numbered, thirty-two thousand, five hundred. These are the sons of Joseph by their families.

³⁴ These are the families of Manasseh; and those who were numbered of them were fifty-two thousand, seven hundred.