Hosea 8:8-10

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⁸ “Israel is destroyed; she lies among the nations as a broken pot. ⁹ She is a lonely, wandering wild ass. The only friends she has are those she hires; Assyria is one of them.

¹⁰ “But though she hires ‘friends’ from many lands, I will send her off to exile. Then for a while at least she will be free of the burden of her wonderful king!