12 As they go, (A)I will spread over them my net;
    I will bring them down like birds of the heavens;
    (B)I will discipline them (C)according to the report made to their congregation.
13 (D)Woe to them, for they have strayed from me!
    Destruction to them, for they have rebelled against me!
(E)I would redeem them,
    but (F)they speak lies against me.

14 (G)They do not cry to me from the heart,
    but (H)they wail upon their beds;
for grain and wine they gash themselves;
    they rebel against me.

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12 When they go, I will throw my net(A) over them;
    I will pull them down like the birds in the sky.
When I hear them flocking together,
    I will catch them.
13 Woe(B) to them,
    because they have strayed(C) from me!
Destruction to them,
    because they have rebelled against me!
I long to redeem them
    but they speak about me(D) falsely.(E)
14 They do not cry out to me from their hearts(F)
    but wail on their beds.
They slash themselves,[a] appealing to their gods
    for grain and new wine,(G)
    but they turn away from me.(H)

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 7:14 Some Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint; most Hebrew manuscripts They gather together