^{7 Ref} And My people are hanging in suspense, about My returning, And unto the Most High they do call, Together they exalt not.

^{8 Ref} How do I give thee up, O Ephraim? Do I deliver thee up, O Israel? How do I make thee as Admah? Do I set thee as Zeboim? Turned in Me is My heart, kindled together have been My repentings.

^{9 Ref} I do not the fierceness of My anger, I turn not back to destroy Ephraim, For God I `am', and not a man. In thy midst the Holy One, and I enter not in enmity,