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12 Therefore I will consume[a] Ephraim like a moth,
    and the house of Judah as rottenness consumes.
13 When Ephraim examined his illness
    and Judah his injury,
then Ephraim went to Assyria,
    and inquired of the great king;
but he could not cure you
    nor heal your injury.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 5:12 The Heb. lacks will consume

12 But I am like a maggot to Ephraim
    and like rottenness to the house of Judah.
13 And when Ephraim saw his illness,
    and Judah his wound,
Ephraim went to Assyria,
    he sent to the great king.[a]
But he was unable to cure you
    and heal your wound.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 5:13 Some translate literally “King Jareb” (see the NASB, NKJV)