For they are gone up to Assyria: they are as a [a]wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.

10 Yet though they have hired among the nations, now will I gather them and they shall sorrow a little for the [b]burden of the king and the princes.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 8:9 They never cease, but run to and fro to seek help.
  2. Hosea 8:10 That is, for the king and the princes shall lay upon them: which means the Lord useth to bring them to repentance.

For they have gone up to Assyria(A)
    like a wild donkey(B) wandering alone.
    Ephraim has sold herself to lovers.(C)
10 Although they have sold themselves among the nations,
    I will now gather them together.(D)
They will begin to waste away(E)
    under the oppression of the mighty king.

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