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Israel is swallowed up;
    now they are among the nations,
        like an object that no one desires.
For they have gone up to Assyria,
    a wild donkey alone to itself;
        Ephraim has sold itself for lovers.
10 Even though they have sold themselves to the nations,
    now I will gather them.
They will soon writhe
    from the burden of kings[a] and princes.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 8:10 Hebrew “king”

Israel is swallowed up;(A)
    now she is among the nations
    like something no one wants.(B)
For they have gone up to Assyria(C)
    like a wild donkey(D) wandering alone.
    Ephraim has sold herself to lovers.(E)
10 Although they have sold themselves among the nations,
    I will now gather them together.(F)
They will begin to waste away(G)
    under the oppression of the mighty king.

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