Hosea 7:11-13

Easy-to-Read Version

¹¹ So Ephraim has become like a silly dove without understanding.
    The people called to Egypt for help.
    They went to Assyria for help.
¹² They go to those countries for help,
    but I will trap them.
I will throw my net over them,
    and I will bring them down like the birds of the sky.
    I will punish them for their agreements.^[a]
13 It will be very bad for those who left me.
    They refused to obey me, so they will be destroyed.
I saved them,
    but they speak lies against me.