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10 The pride of Israel witnesses against him;
    yet they do not return to the Lord their God,
    nor seek him, for all this.

Futile Reliance on the Nations

11 E′phraim is like a dove,
    silly and without sense,
    calling to Egypt, going to Assyria.
12 As they go, I will spread over them my net;
    I will bring them down like birds of the air;
    I will chastise them for their wicked deeds.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 7:12 Cn: Heb according to the report to their congregation

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