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I know Ephraim,
    and Israel is not hidden from me:
Now, Ephraim, you have practiced prostitution,
    Israel is defiled.

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For they went up to Assyria—[a]
    a wild ass off on its own—
    Ephraim bargained for lovers.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 8:9 They went up to Assyria: a reference to the politics of appealing to Assyria (cf. 5:13; 7:11). There is a play on the Hebrew word for “wild ass” (pere) and “Ephraim.”