Hosea 8:9-11

Common English Bible

⁹ They have gone up to Assyria,
        a wild ass wandering alone;
        Ephraim has hired lovers.
¹⁰ Though they have bargained with the nations,
        I will now gather them up.
    They will soon be diminished
        due to the burden of kings and princes.
¹¹ When Ephraim added more altars to take away sin,
        they became altars to him for sinning.