Hosea 8:8-14
English Standard Version
8 (A)Israel is swallowed up;
already they are among the nations
as (B)a useless vessel.
9 For (C)they have gone up to Assyria,
(D)a wild donkey wandering alone;
Ephraim has hired lovers.
10 Though they hire allies among the nations,
I will soon gather them up.
And (E)the king and princes (F)shall soon writhe
because of the tribute.
11 Because Ephraim (G)has multiplied altars for sinning,
they have become to him altars for sinning.
12 (H)Were I to write for him my laws by the ten thousands,
they would be regarded as a strange thing.
13 As for my sacrificial offerings,
(I)they sacrifice meat and eat it,
but the Lord does not accept them.
(J)Now he will remember their iniquity
and punish their sins;
(K)they shall return to Egypt.
14 For (L)Israel has forgotten (M)his Maker
and (N)built palaces,
and (O)Judah has multiplied fortified cities;
so (P)I will send a fire upon his cities,
and it shall devour her strongholds.
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