“‘Your wound^(A) is incurable,
    your injury beyond healing.^(B)

¹¹ “Ephraim is like a dove,^(A)
    easily deceived and senseless—
now calling to Egypt,^(B)
    now turning to Assyria.^(C)

⁹ For they have gone up to Assyria^(A)
    like a wild donkey^(B) wandering alone.
    Ephraim has sold herself to lovers.^(C)

⁶ It will be carried to Assyria^(A)
    as tribute^(B) for the great king.^(C)
Ephraim will be disgraced;^(D)
    Israel will be ashamed^(E) of its foreign alliances.