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11 Ephraim is crushed,
    broken by judgment,
        because he[a] willingly pursued idols.[b]
12 Therefore I will consume[c] Ephraim like a moth,
    and the house of Judah as rottenness consumes.
13 When Ephraim examined his illness
    and Judah his injury,
then Ephraim went to Assyria,
    and inquired of the great king;
but he could not cure you
    nor heal your injury.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 5:11 I.e. Ephraim as an individual personifying the northern kingdom of Israel.
  2. Hosea 5:11 So LXX; MT reads willingly went away from the command
  3. Hosea 5:12 The Heb. lacks will consume