10 Even though they hire allies among the nations,
Now I will (A)gather them up;
And they will begin (B)to [a]diminish
Because of the burden of the (C)king of princes.

11 Since Ephraim has (D)multiplied altars for sin,
They have become altars of sinning for him.
12 Though (E)I wrote for him ten thousand precepts of My (F)law,
They are regarded as a strange thing.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 8:10 Or suffer for awhile

10 Although they have sold themselves among the nations,
    I will now gather them together.(A)
They will begin to waste away(B)
    under the oppression of the mighty king.

11 “Though Ephraim built many altars for sin offerings,
    these have become altars for sinning.(C)
12 I wrote for them the many things of my law,
    but they regarded them as something foreign.(D)

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