Hosea 7:8-16

New International Version

⁸ “Ephraim mixes^(A) with the nations;
    Ephraim is a flat loaf not turned over.
⁹ Foreigners sap his strength,^(B)
    but he does not realize it.
His hair is sprinkled with gray,
    but he does not notice.
¹⁰ Israel’s arrogance testifies against him,^(C)
    but despite all this
he does not return^(D) to the Lord his God
    or search^(E) for him.

¹¹ “Ephraim is like a dove,^(F)
    easily deceived and senseless—
now calling to Egypt,^(G)
    now turning to Assyria.^(H)
12 When they go, I will throw my net^(I) over them;
    I will pull them down like the birds in the sky.
When I hear them flocking together,
    I will catch them.
¹³ Woe^(J) to them,
    because they have strayed^(K) from me!
Destruction to them,
    because they have rebelled against me!
I long to redeem them
    but they speak about me^(L) falsely.^(M)
14 They do not cry out to me from their hearts^(N)
    but wail on their beds.
They slash themselves,^[a] appealing to their gods
    for grain and new wine,^(O)
    but they turn away from me.^(P)
15 I trained^(Q) them and strengthened their arms,
    but they plot evil^(R) against me.
¹⁶ They do not turn to the Most High;^(S)
    they are like a faulty bow.^(T)
Their leaders will fall by the sword
    because of their insolent^(U) words.
For this they will be ridiculed^(V)
    in the land of Egypt.^(W)