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11 I gave you a king in my anger,
    and I took him[a] away in my fury.”

12 “Ephraim’s guilt is on record;
    his sin is stored away.
13 When the time of childbirth comes,
    he will be so foolish
        that he will refuse to be born.”

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 13:11 The Heb. lacks him

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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