⁹ Do not be like the horse or the mule,
    which have no understanding
but must be controlled by bit and bridle^(A)
    or they will not come to you.

¹⁸ “I have surely heard Ephraim’s moaning:
    ‘You disciplined^(A) me like an unruly calf,^(B)
    and I have been disciplined.
Restore^(C) me, and I will return,
    because you are the Lord my God.