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Hosea 7:9-11
EasyEnglish Bible
Hosea 7:9-11
EasyEnglish Bible
9 Foreign people have taken away Israel's strength.
But the Israelites do not realize what is happening!
They have become like an old man with grey hair.
But they do not realize how weak they are.
10 Israel's people are too proud to change.
This shows that they are guilty.
They still refuse to turn back to me, the Lord their God.
In all their troubles, they do not look for my help.
11 Ephraim has become like a silly dove.[a]
He cannot decide where to go.
The Israelites ask Egypt to help them.
Then they decide to ask Assyria instead.
Footnotes
- 7:11 Doves sometimes fly around without any purpose. The Israelites had become like that. It was easy for other countries to fight against them.
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