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Yahweh is talking about Israel.
I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from me
Here, "Ephraim" and "Israel" both refer to the whole northern kingdom of Israel, and represent the people who live there. Here God says that he knows what they are like and what they are doing. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism)
Ephraim, now you have become like a prostitute
Ephraim is presented in terms of a prostitute because the people have become unfaithful to God, as a prostitute is faithful to no man. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile)
for the mind of adultery is in them
This means they have the desire to be unfaithful to God. They want to worship idols.
to turn to God ... they do not know Yahweh
The translator can represent this as "to turn to me ... they do not know me," or "to turn to me ... they do not know me, Yahweh."
they do not know Yahweh
Israel no longer obeys Yahweh in any way. They do not acknowledge Yahweh as their God.