They are back from the land of the foe!

[And hope there is for thy future, 17

Thy sons come back to their border.][649]

I have heard, I have heard 18

Ephraim bemoaning,

“Thou hast chastened me, chastened I am,

Like a calf untrained.

“Turn me Thyself, and return I will,

For Thou art my God.

“For after I had turned away (?)[650] 19