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14 Because I will be like a lion to Ephraim
    and like a fierce strong lion to the house of Judah.
I myself will tear and I will go;
    I will carry off, and there is no one who delivers.
15 I will return again[a] to my place
    until they acknowledge their guilt
        and seek my face;
    in their distress they will search[b] me.

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  1. Hosea 5:15 Literally “I will go, I will return”
  2. Hosea 5:15 Or “they will beg favor of”

14 Therefore I will be like a lion to Ephraim,
    and like a young lion to the house of Judah.
I—even I—will tear them[a] to pieces,
    and then I will leave.
I will take them[b] away,
    and there will be no rescue.

15 “I will leave and go back to my place
    until they admit their offense
        and seek my face.
When affliction comes to them,
    they will eagerly seek me.”

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  1. Hosea 5:14 The Heb. lacks them
  2. Hosea 5:14 The Heb. lacks them