23  and ^sI will sow her for myself in the land.

And ^tI ^uwill have mercy on No Mercy,¹

and ^vI will say to Not My People,^{2 w}‘You are my people’;

and he shall say, ‘You are my God.’”

8  How can I give you up, O Ephraim?

How can I hand you over, O Israel?

ⁿHow can I make you ^olike Admah?

How can I treat you ^olike Zeboiim?

^pMy heart recoils within me;

my compassion grows warm and tender.