I repented ... (?)
“And after I was brought to know,[651]
I smote on my thigh.
“I am shaméd, yea and confounded,
As I bear the reproach of my youth.”[652]
Is Ephraim My dearest son,[653] 20
A child of delights?
That as oft as against him I speak
I must think of him still.
My bowels for him are yearning,