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E′phraim shall become a desolation
    in the day of punishment;
among the tribes of Israel
    I declare what is sure.
10 The princes of Judah have become
    like those who remove the landmark;
upon them I will pour out
    my wrath like water.
11 E′phraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment,
    because he was determined to go after vanity.[a]

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  1. Hosea 5:11 Gk: Heb a command

Ephraim will be laid waste(A)
    on the day of reckoning.(B)
Among the tribes of Israel
    I proclaim what is certain.(C)
10 Judah’s leaders are like those
    who move boundary stones.(D)
I will pour out my wrath(E) on them
    like a flood of water.
11 Ephraim is oppressed,
    trampled in judgment,
    intent on pursuing idols.[a](F)

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  1. Hosea 5:11 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.