545 B
545 B
Yahweh is speaking.
Israel is swallowed up
The tribes of Israel have been taken captive by their enemies and taken away to other lands. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
like a wild donkey all alone
Israel is compared to a wild donkey, an animal that was known to be headstrong and unruly (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile)
Ephraim has hired lovers for herself
AT: "The people of Israel have tried to pay other nations to protect them." (UDB) (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)