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11 Ephraim, you are like a silly, senseless dove.
    You call for Egypt and run to Assyria for help.
12 When you go, I will spread my net over you.
    I will snatch you out of the air like a bird.
        I will punish you for all the evil things you have done.

13 “How horrible it will be for these people.
    They have run away from me.
    They must be destroyed because they’ve rebelled against me.
        I want to reclaim them, but they tell lies about me.

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11 “Ephraim is like a dove,(A)
    easily deceived and senseless—
now calling to Egypt,(B)
    now turning to Assyria.(C)
12 When they go, I will throw my net(D) over them;
    I will pull them down like the birds in the sky.
When I hear them flocking together,
    I will catch them.
13 Woe(E) to them,
    because they have strayed(F) from me!
Destruction to them,
    because they have rebelled against me!
I long to redeem them
    but they speak about me(G) falsely.(H)

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