NASB
"For they have gone up to Assyria, Like a wild donkey all alone; Ephraim has hired lovers."
— Hosea 8:9, NASB
“For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.”
“For they are gone up to Assyria, like a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers. ”
“For they have gone up to Assyria, like a wild donkey wandering alone. Ephraim has hired lovers for himself.”
“Israel’s Hired Lovers They have gone up to Assyria, like a wild donkey that wanders off. Ephraim has hired prostitutes as lovers.”
“For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath given gifts to his lovers.”
“For they have gone up to Assyria like an ass going by himself; Ephraim has given money to get lovers.”
“For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.”
For from Israel is even this! A craftsman made it, so it is not God; Surely the calf of Samaria will be broken to pieces.
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.