4 And the sons of Joseph,+ Ma·nasʹseh and Eʹphra·im,+ proceeded to take possession of land.+

2 And he proceeded to put military forces in all the fortified cities of Judah and to put garrisons in the land of Judah and in the cities of Eʹphra·im that Aʹsa his father had captured.+

6 Also, in the cities of Ma·nasʹseh+ and Eʹphra·im+ and Simʹe·on and clear to Naphʹta·li, in their devastated places all around,

8 “How can I give you up, O Eʹphra·im?+ [How] can I deliver you up, O Israel?+ How can I set you as Adʹmah?+ [How] can I place you like Ze·boiʹim?+ My heart has changed within me;+ at the same time my compassions have grown hot.