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10 Even though they bargain with the nations,
    I will now gather them[a] together;
They will soon succumb
    under the burden of king and princes.

11 [b]When Ephraim made many altars to expiate sin,
    they became altars for sinning.
12 Though I write for him my many instructions,
    they are considered like a stranger’s.

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Footnotes

  1. 8:10 I will now gather them: for judgment and for deportation.
  2. 8:11 The altars had become places of self-serving worship (cf. v. 13).

10 Although they have sold themselves among the nations,
    I will now gather them together.(A)
They will begin to waste away(B)
    under the oppression of the mighty king.

11 “Though Ephraim built many altars for sin offerings,
    these have become altars for sinning.(C)
12 I wrote for them the many things of my law,
    but they regarded them as something foreign.(D)

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