“They kept not the covenant of God,
And refused to walk in His law.” Psalm 78:10. (8T 276.1) MC VC

“The more the prophets called them, the more they went from them....
Yet I taught Ephraim to walk;
I took them on My arms;
But they knew not that I healed them.
I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love....
My people are bent on backsliding from Me:
Though they call them to Him that is on high,
None at all will exalt Him.” Hosea 11:2-7, A. R. V. (8T 276.2) MC VC

“But He, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity,
And destroyed them not:
Yea, many a time turned He His anger away,
And did not stir up all His wrath.
For He remembered that they were but flesh;
A wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.” Psalm 78:38, 39. (8T 276.3) MC VC

Though He “delivered His strength into captivity, and His glory into the enemy’s hand,” yet He said, “My lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer My faithfulness to fail.” Psalm 78:61; 89:33. (8T 276.4) MC VC

“Is Ephraim My dear son? is he a pleasant [Authorized Version] child? for as often as I speak against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore My heart yearneth for him.” Jeremiah 31:20, A. R. V. (8T 276.5) MC VC

“How shall I give thee up, Ephraim?
How shall I cast thee off, Israel?” Hosea 11:8. (8T 276.6) MC VC