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            <div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.7.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">&#8220;Ephraim is like a dove,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.7.11"><span class="content">easily deceived and senseless&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.7.11"><span class="content">now calling to Egypt,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.7.11"><span class="content">now turning to Assyria.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.7.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.7.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">When they go, I will throw my net over them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.7.12"><span class="content">I will pull them down like the birds in the sky.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.7.12"><span class="content">When I hear them flocking together,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.7.12"><span class="content">I will catch them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.7.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.7.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Woe to them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.7.13"><span class="content">because they have strayed from me!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.7.13"><span class="content">Destruction to them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.7.13"><span class="content">because they have rebelled against me!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.7.13"><span class="content">I long to redeem them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.7.13"><span class="content">but they speak about me falsely.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.7.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.7.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">They do not cry out to me from their hearts</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.7.14"><span class="content">but wail on their beds.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.7.14"><span class="content">They slash themselves,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">7:14 </span><span class="ft">Some Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint; most Hebrew manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">They gather together</span></span></span><span class="content"> appealing to their gods</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.7.14"><span class="content">for grain and new wine,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.7.14"><span class="content">but they turn away from me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.7.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.7.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">I trained them and strengthened their arms,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.7.15"><span class="content">but they plot evil against me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.7.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HOS.7.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">They do not turn to the Most High;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HOS.7.16"><span class="content">they are like a faulty bow.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HOS.7.16"><span class="content">Their leaders will fall by the sword</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HOS.7.16"><span class="content">because of their insolent words.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HOS.7.16"><span class="content">For this they will be ridiculed</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HOS.7.16"><span class="content">in the land of Egypt.</span></span></div>
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            <div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.8.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">&#8220;Put the trumpet to your lips!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.8.1"><span class="content">An eagle is over the house of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.8.1"><span class="content">because the people have broken my covenant</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.8.1"><span class="content">and rebelled against my law.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.8.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.8.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Israel cries out to me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.8.2"><span class="content">&#8216;Our God, we acknowledge you!&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.8.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.8.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">But Israel has rejected what is good;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.8.3"><span class="content">an enemy will pursue him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.8.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.8.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">They set up kings without my consent;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.8.4"><span class="content">they choose princes without my approval.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.8.4"><span class="content">With their silver and gold</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.8.4"><span class="content">they make idols for themselves</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.8.4"><span class="content">to their own destruction.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.8.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.8.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Samaria, throw out your calf-idol!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.8.5"><span class="content">My anger burns against them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.8.5"><span class="content">How long will they be incapable of purity?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.8.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.8.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">They are from Israel!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.8.6"><span class="content">This calf&#8212;a metalworker has made it;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.8.6"><span class="content">it is not God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.8.6"><span class="content">It will be broken in pieces,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.8.6"><span class="content">that calf of Samaria.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.8.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.8.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;They sow the wind</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.8.7"><span class="content">and reap the whirlwind.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.8.7"><span class="content">The stalk has no head;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.8.7"><span class="content">it will produce no flour.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.8.7"><span class="content">Were it to yield grain,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.8.7"><span class="content">foreigners would swallow it up.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.8.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.8.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Israel is swallowed up;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.8.8"><span class="content">now she is among the nations</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.8.8"><span class="content">like something no one wants.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.8.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.8.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">For they have gone up to Assyria</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.8.9"><span class="content">like a wild donkey wandering alone.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.8.9"><span class="content">Ephraim has sold herself to lovers.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.8.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.8.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Although they have sold themselves among the nations,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.8.10"><span class="content">I will now gather them together.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.8.10"><span class="content">They will begin to waste away</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.8.10"><span class="content">under the oppression of the mighty king.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.8.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.8.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">&#8220;Though Ephraim built many altars for sin offerings,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.8.11"><span class="content">these have become altars for sinning.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.8.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.8.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">I wrote for them the many things of my law,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.8.12"><span class="content">but they regarded them as something foreign.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.8.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.8.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Though they offer sacrifices as gifts to me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.8.13"><span class="content">and though they eat the meat,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.8.13"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is not pleased with them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.8.13"><span class="content">Now he will remember their wickedness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.8.13"><span class="content">and punish their sins:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.8.13"><span class="content">They will return to Egypt.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.8.13"><span class="content">  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