Hosea 7:10-12

Contemporary English Version

¹⁰ I am the Lord, their God,
    but in all of their troubles
their pride keeps them
    from returning to me.

¹¹ Israel^[a] is a senseless bird,
fluttering back and forth
    between Egypt and Assyria.
¹² But I will catch them in a net
    as hunters trap birds;
I threatened to punish them,
    and indeed I will.^[b]