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13 Woe to them,
    for they have strayed from me!
Destruction to them,
    for they have rebelled against me!
I longed to redeem them,
    but they continued to tell lies about me.
14 They have not cried out to me from their hearts
    while they wailed upon their beds.
When they gash themselves to obtain grain and new wine,[a]
    they are still rebelling against me.
15 Even though I supported and strengthened them,
    they devise evil plots against me.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 7:14 When they gash themselves to obtain grain and new wine: a practice that was prevalent in the Near East during prayers of supplication (see 1 Ki 18:28) but that was prohibited by the Israelite religion (see Lev 19:28; Deut 14:1).