Futile Reliance on the Nations

11 “Ephraim(A) also is like a silly dove, without [a]sense—
(B)They call to Egypt,
They go to (C)Assyria.
12 Wherever they go, I will (D)spread My net on them;
I will bring them down like birds of the air;
I will chastise them
(E)According to what their congregation has heard.

13 “Woe to them, for they have fled from Me!
Destruction to them,
Because they have transgressed against Me!
Though (F)I redeemed them,
Yet they have spoken lies against Me.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 7:11 Lit. heart

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