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Israel is swallowed up: now are they among the nations as a vessel wherein none delighteth. For they are gone up to Assyria, like a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired [a]lovers. 10 Yea, though they hire among the nations, now will I gather them; and they [b]begin to be diminished by reason of the burden of the king of princes.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 8:9 Hebrew loves.
  2. Hosea 8:10 Or, as otherwise read, shall sorrow a little (or for a little while)

Israel is swallowed up;(A)
    now she is among the nations
    like something no one wants.(B)
For they have gone up to Assyria(C)
    like a wild donkey(D) wandering alone.
    Ephraim has sold herself to lovers.(E)
10 Although they have sold themselves among the nations,
    I will now gather them together.(F)
They will begin to waste away(G)
    under the oppression of the mighty king.

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