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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.
12 Even though I write out for him a large number of my instructions,
        they are regarded as strange.

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10 Although they have sold themselves among the nations,
    I will now gather them together.(A)
They will begin to waste away(B)
    under the oppression of the mighty king.

11 “Though Ephraim built many altars for sin offerings,
    these have become altars for sinning.(C)
12 I wrote for them the many things of my law,
    but they regarded them as something foreign.(D)

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