Futile Reliance on the Nations

11 “Ephraim(A) also is like a silly dove, without [a]sense—
(B)They call to Egypt,
They go to (C)Assyria.
12 Wherever they go, I will (D)spread My net on them;
I will bring them down like birds of the air;
I will chastise them
(E)According to what their congregation has heard.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 7:11 Lit. heart

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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