11 So Ephraim has become like a silly, senseless dove;(A)
they call to Egypt,(B) and they go to Assyria.(C)
12 As they are going, I will spread My net over them;(D)
I will bring them down like birds of the sky.
I will discipline them in accordance
with the news that reaches[a] their assembly.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 7:12 Lit news to

11 “Ephraim is also like a silly dove,
    lacking sense:[a]
They call out to Egypt,
    and turn toward Assyria.
12 When they go,
    I’ll cast my net over them.
I’ll bring them down, as one shoots[b] birds in the sky.
    I’ll chasten them,
        as the assembly has already heard.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 7:11 Lit. heart
  2. Hosea 7:12 The Heb. lacks one shoots