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Israel’s Instability

11 Ephraim is like a gullible dove, without sense.
    They call to Egypt.
    Then they appeal to Assyria.
12 When they go out, I will spread my net over them.
    I will bring them down like birds from the sky.
    I will discipline them, on the basis of the report about their assembly.[a]
13 Woe to them,
    because they have strayed from me!
    Destruction comes upon them,
    because they have rebelled against me!
    I want to redeem them,
    but they speak lies against me.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 7:12 Or I will discipline them when I hear them flocking together. The meaning of the line is uncertain.