Hosea 8:9-11

Lexham English Bible

⁹ For they have gone up to Assyria,
    a wild donkey alone to itself;
        Ephraim has sold itself for lovers.
¹⁰ Even though they have sold themselves to the nations,
    now I will gather them.
They will soon writhe
    from the burden of kings^[a] and princes.
¹¹ When Ephraim multiplied altars
    to expiate sins,
        they became to him altars to sin on.