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11 I gave you a king in my anger,
    and I took him away in my wrath.
12 The guilt of Ephraim is wrapped up.
    His sin is stored up.
13 Labor pains will come for him,
    but he is not a wise son,
    for when the time arrives,
    he is not ready to be born.

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11 So in my anger I gave you a king,(A)
    and in my wrath I took him away.(B)
12 The guilt of Ephraim is stored up,
    his sins are kept on record.(C)
13 Pains as of a woman in childbirth(D) come to him,
    but he is a child without wisdom;
when the time(E) arrives,
    he doesn’t have the sense to come out of the womb.(F)

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