11 So (A)Ephraim has become like a gullible dove, (B)without [a]sense;
They call to (C)Egypt, they go to (D)Assyria.
12 When they go, I will (E)spread My net over them;
I will bring them down like the birds of the sky.
I will (F)discipline them in accordance with the [b]proclamation to their assembly.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 7:11 Lit heart
  2. Hosea 7:12 Lit report

11 “The people of Israel have become like silly, witless doves,
    first calling to Egypt, then flying to Assyria for help.
12 But as they fly about,
    I will throw my net over them
and bring them down like a bird from the sky.
    I will punish them for all the evil they do.[a]

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  1. 7:12 Hebrew I will punish them because of what was reported against them in the assembly.

11 “Ephraim is like a dove,(A)
    easily deceived and senseless—
now calling to Egypt,(B)
    now turning to Assyria.(C)
12 When they go, I will throw my net(D) over them;
    I will pull them down like the birds in the sky.
When I hear them flocking together,
    I will catch them.

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