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10 The pride of Israel testifies against him[a]
    they do not return to Yahweh their God;
    they do not seek him for all of this.[b]
11 Ephraim was like a dove,
    silly, without sense;[c]
they call to Egypt,
    they go to Assyria.
12 Just as they go, I will cast my net
    over them;
I will bring them down
        like the birds[d] of the heavens;[e]
    I will discipline them
        according to a report to their assembly.[f]

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 7:10 Literally “answers against his face”
  2. Hosea 7:10 Or “in all of this”
  3. Hosea 7:11 Literally “without heart”
  4. Hosea 7:12 Hebrew “bird”
  5. Hosea 7:12 Or “sky”
  6. Hosea 7:12 Hebrew uncertain