67 He rejected the tent of (A)Joseph;
    he did not choose the tribe of Ephraim,

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67 Then he rejected the tents of Joseph,
    he did not choose the tribe of Ephraim;(A)

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17 (A)Ephraim is joined to idols;
    (B)leave him alone.

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17 Ephraim is joined to idols;
    leave him alone!

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(A)I know Ephraim,
    and Israel is not hidden from me;
for now, O Ephraim, you have played the whore;
    Israel is defiled.

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I know all about Ephraim;
    Israel is not hidden(A) from me.
Ephraim, you have now turned to prostitution;
    Israel is corrupt.(B)

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Ephraim shall become a desolation
    in the day of punishment;
among the tribes of Israel
    I make known what is sure.

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Ephraim will be laid waste(A)
    on the day of reckoning.(B)
Among the tribes of Israel
    I proclaim what is certain.(C)

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What shall I do with you, (A)O (B)Ephraim?
    What shall I do with you, O (C)Judah?
Your love is (D)like a morning cloud,
    (E)like the dew that goes early away.

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“What can I do with you, Ephraim?(A)
    What can I do with you, Judah?
Your love is like the morning mist,
    like the early dew that disappears.(B)

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12 Ephraim feeds on the wind
    and pursues (A)the east wind all day long;
they multiply (B)falsehood and violence;
    (C)they make a covenant with Assyria,
    and (D)oil is carried to Egypt.

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12 [a]Ephraim(A) feeds on the wind;(B)
    he pursues the east wind all day
    and multiplies lies and violence.(C)
He makes a treaty with Assyria(D)
    and sends olive oil to Egypt.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 12:1 In Hebrew texts 12:1-14 is numbered 12:2-15.