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Foreigners devour[a] his strength,
    and he does not know it;
mold[b] is also sprinkled upon him,
    and he does not know it.
10 The pride of Israel testifies against him[c]
    they do not return to Yahweh their God;
    they do not seek him for all of this.[d]
11 Ephraim was like a dove,
    silly, without sense;[e]
they call to Egypt,
    they go to Assyria.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 7:9 Or “Foreigners eat”
  2. Hosea 7:9 Literally “grey hair,” but in this case the word refers to the “hairs of mold” on food
  3. Hosea 7:10 Literally “answers against his face”
  4. Hosea 7:10 Or “in all of this”
  5. Hosea 7:11 Literally “without heart”