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Hosea 8:9-11
EasyEnglish Bible
Hosea 8:9-11
EasyEnglish Bible
9 Israel's rulers have gone to Assyria for help.
They are like a wild donkey that goes here and there.
Ephraim's people have paid money to get help from other nations.[a]
as if they are paying for lovers.
10 Yes, they have paid money to get friends who will help them.
But I will soon bring them together to punish them.
A great king will be cruel to them and they will receive much pain.[b]
11 Ephraim's people have built many altars to make sin offerings.
But the altars have become places where the people do even more sins![c]
Footnotes
- 8:9 Ephraim is another name for the northern kingdom, Israel.
- 8:10 The great king is the King of Assyria.
- 8:11 The covenant said that there should be only one altar. The people in Israel had built many altars. The altars should have been places where people asked God to forgive them for their sins. But instead, they became places where the people did bad things.
Hosea 8:9-11
New International Version
Hosea 8:9-11
New International Version
9 For they have gone up to Assyria(A)
like a wild donkey(B) wandering alone.
Ephraim has sold herself to lovers.(C)
10 Although they have sold themselves among the nations,
I will now gather them together.(D)
They will begin to waste away(E)
under the oppression of the mighty king.
11 “Though Ephraim built many altars for sin offerings,
these have become altars for sinning.(F)
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