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12 Therefore I will be like pus to Ephraim
    and like rottenness to the house of Judah.

13 When Ephraim saw his sickness
    and Judah saw his wound,
then Ephraim went to Assyria,
    and sent to King Jareb.[a]
Yet he cannot cure you
    or heal your wound.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 5:13 Or the great king.

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)