NASB
"Even though they hire allies among the nations, Now I will gather them up; And they will begin to diminish Because of the burden of the king of princes."
— Hosea 8:10, NASB
“Yea, though they have hired among the nations, now will I gather them, and they shall sorrow a little for the burden of the king of princes.”
“Yea, though they hire among the nations, now will I gather them; and they begin to be diminished by reason of the burden of the king of princes. ”
“But although they sold themselves among the nations, I will now gather them; and they begin to waste away because of the oppression of the king of mighty ones.”
“Even though they have hired lovers among the nations, I will soon gather them together for judgment. Then they will begin to waste away under the oppression of a mighty king.”
“But even though they shall have hired the nations, now will I gather them together: and they shall rest a while from the burden of the king, and the princes.”
“But though they give money to the nations for help, still I will send them in all directions; and in a short time they will be without a king and rulers.”
“Yea, though they have hired among the nations, now will I gather them, and they shall sorrow a little for the burden of the king of princes.”
For they sow the wind And they reap the whirlwind. The standing grain has no heads; It yields no grain. Should it yield, strangers would swallow it up.
Israel is swallowed up; They are now among the nations Like a vessel in which no one delights.
For they have gone up to Assyria, Like a wild donkey all alone; Ephraim has hired lovers.
Even though they hire allies among the nations, Now I will gather them up; And they will begin to diminish Because of the burden of the king of princes.
Since Ephraim has multiplied altars for sin, They have become altars of sinning for him.
Though I wrote for him ten thousand precepts of My law, They are regarded as a strange thing.
As for My sacrificial gifts, They sacrifice the flesh and eat it, But the LORD has taken no delight in them. Now He will remember their iniquity, And punish them for their sins; They will return to Egypt.