13 (A)For the land of my people in which thorns and briars shall come up;
Yea, for all the joyful houses and for the (B)jubilant city.

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13 and for the land of my people,
    a land overgrown with thorns and briers(A)
yes, mourn(B) for all houses of merriment
    and for this city of revelry.(C)

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For behold, they will go because of destruction;
Egypt will gather them up, (A)Memphis will bury them.
Weeds will take over their treasures of silver;
(B)Thorns will be in their tents.

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Even if they escape from destruction,
    Egypt will gather them,(A)
    and Memphis(B) will bury them.(C)
Their treasures of silver(D) will be taken over by briers,
    and thorns(E) will overrun their tents.

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Their heart is [a](A)faithless;
Now they must bear their (B)guilt.
[b]The Lord will (C)break down their altars
And destroy their sacred pillars.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 10:2 Lit smooth
  2. Hosea 10:2 Lit He

Their heart is deceitful,(A)
    and now they must bear their guilt.(B)
The Lord will demolish their altars(C)
    and destroy their sacred stones.(D)

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