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11 So (A)Ephraim has become like a silly dove, (B)without a heart of wisdom;
They call to (C)Egypt; they go to (D)Assyria.
12 When they go, I will (E)spread My net over them;
I will bring them down like the birds of the sky.
I will (F)chastise them in accordance with the report to their congregation.

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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