Hosea 8:10-12

Easy-to-Read Version

¹⁰ Yes, Israel was taken to the nations,
    but I will bring them back.
But first, they must suffer a little
    by carrying the burden of that mighty king.

¹¹ “Ephraim built more and more altars,
    and that was a sin.
    They have been altars of sin for Ephraim.
¹² Even if I wrote 10,000 laws for Ephraim,
    he would treat them as if they were for some stranger.