Hosea 8:9-13

For they have gone up to Assyria, Like a wild donkey all alone; Ephraim has paid fees for lovers.

Even though they pay for allies among the nations, I will gather them up now; And they will begin to diminish Because of the burden of the king of officials.

Since Ephraim has multiplied altars for sin, They have become altars of sinning for him.

Though I wrote for him ten thousand precepts of My Law, They are regarded as a strange thing.

As for My sacrificial gifts, They sacrifice the flesh and eat it, But the Lord has taken no delight in them. Now He will remember their guilt, And punish them for their sins; They will return to Egypt.