10 Though they hire allies among the nations,
    I will soon gather them up.
And (A)the king and princes (B)shall soon writhe
    because of the tribute.

11 Because Ephraim (C)has multiplied altars for sinning,
    they have become to him altars for sinning.
12 (D)Were I to write for him my laws by the ten thousands,
    they would be regarded as a strange thing.

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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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