9 For they have gone up to Assyria like a wild donkey on its own. Ephraim has hired lovers. 10 Though they hire allies among the nations, I will now round them up, and they will begin to diminish under the oppression of the king of princes. 11 Though Ephraim multiplied the altars for sin, they became his altars for sinning.
Hosea 8:9–11
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