שָׁמ֣וֹעַ שָׁמַ֗עְתִּי אֶפְרַ֙יִם֙ מִתְנוֹדֵ֔ד יִסַּרְתַּ֙נִי֙ וָֽאִוָּסֵ֔ר כְּעֵ֖גֶל לֹ֣א לֻמָּ֑ד הֲשִׁיבֵ֣נִי וְאָשׁ֔וּבָה כִּ֥י אַתָּ֖ה יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהָֽי׃
我確實聽見以法蓮哀嘆自己說:«你懲治了我,我就受了懲治,像一頭未經馴服的牛犢;求你使我回轉,我就必回轉,因為你是永恆者我的上帝。»
Rashi
complaining (Konpljjet in O.F.), an expression of “who will lament for you (יָנוּד)?” (above 15:5).
Rashi
like an ungoaded calf (fut aiguillones in O.F.), was goaded, an expression of “an ox-goad (מַלְמַד הַבָּקָר)” (Judges 3:31). I was like an ungoaded calf in the beginning. Therefore, I sinned against You.