Hosea 8:9-11

The Voice

⁹     All alone like a wild donkey, Ephraim went up to Assyria
        and had to hire her own lovers!
¹⁰     But because they paid tribute money to other nations instead of depending on Me,
        I’m going to gather them up and send them into exile,
    And they will struggle for a time
        beneath the burden imposed by the great king of princes.^[a]

¹¹     Even though Ephraim built many altars to cover sin,
        they’ve all become places where he commits sin!