Hosea 8:8-10

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⁸ Israel is swallowed up;
    now they are among the nations
    as a useless vessel.^(A)
9 For they have gone up to Assyria,
    a wild ass wandering alone;
    Ephraim has bargained for lovers.^(B)
10 Though they bargain with the nations,
    I will now gather them up.
They shall soon writhe
    under the burden of kings and princes.^(C)