Hos 8:9, 12:1 | ESV | STEP | For they have gone up to Assyria , a wild donkey wandering alone ; Ephraim has hired lovers .

aSee ch. 5:13

b[Jer. 2:24]

c[ch. 13:15; Jer. 18:17]

d[See ch. 11:12 above]

eSee ch. 5:13

f[ch. 7:11; 2 Kgs. 17:4]

Hosea 8:9

9 For ^athey have gone up to Assyria,
^ba wild donkey wandering alone;
Ephraim has hired lovers.

Hosea 12:1

1 Ephraim feeds on the wind
and pursues ^cthe east wind all day long;
they multiply ^dfalsehood and violence;
^ethey make a covenant with Assyria,
and ^foil is carried to Egypt.