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11 Ephraim was like a dove,
    silly, without sense;[a]
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[b] of the heavens;[c]
    I will discipline them
        according to a report to their assembly.[d]
13 Woe to them, because they have strayed from me!
    Destruction to them, because they have rebelled against me!
I myself would redeem them,
    but they speak lies against me.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 7:11 Literally “without heart”
  2. Hosea 7:12 Hebrew “bird”
  3. Hosea 7:12 Or “sky”
  4. Hosea 7:12 Hebrew uncertain