11 Ephraim is like a dove,
    (A)silly and without sense,
    calling to (B)Egypt, going to (C)Assyria.
12 As they go, (D)I will spread over them my net;
    I will bring them down like birds of the heavens;
    (E)I will discipline them (F)according to the report made to their congregation.

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11 Ephraim was like a dove,
    silly, without sense;[a]
they call to Egypt,
    they go to Assyria.
12 Just as they go, I will cast my net
    over them;
I will bring them down
        like the birds[b] of the heavens;[c]
    I will discipline them
        according to a report to their assembly.[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 7:11 Literally “without heart”
  2. Hosea 7:12 Hebrew “bird”
  3. Hosea 7:12 Or “sky”
  4. Hosea 7:12 Hebrew uncertain