Hosea 13:11-13

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¹¹I have given you kings in my anger,
and I have taken them away in my wrath.

¹²The iniquity of E′phraim is bound up,
    his sin is kept in store.
¹³The pangs of childbirth come for him,
    but he is an unwise son;
for now he does not present himself
    at the mouth of the womb.

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