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10 Although Israel is mixed among the nations,
    I will gather them together.
They will become weaker and weaker
    as they suffer under the great king of Assyria.

11 “Although Israel built more altars to remove sin,
    they have become altars for sinning.
12 I have written many teachings for them,
    but they think the teachings are strange and foreign.

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10 Although they have sold themselves among the nations,
    I will now gather them together.(A)
They will begin to waste away(B)
    under the oppression of the mighty king.

11 “Though Ephraim built many altars for sin offerings,
    these have become altars for sinning.(C)
12 I wrote for them the many things of my law,
    but they regarded them as something foreign.(D)

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