11 So (A)Ephraim has become like a gullible dove, (B)without [a]sense;
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)discipline them in accordance with the [b]proclamation to their assembly.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 7:11 Lit heart
  2. Hosea 7:12 Lit report

Futile Reliance on the Nations

11 E′phraim is like a dove,
    silly and without sense,
    calling to Egypt, going to Assyria.
12 As they go, I will spread over them my net;
    I will bring them down like birds of the air;
    I will chastise them for their wicked deeds.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 7:12 Cn: Heb according to the report to their congregation