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Hosea 8:9-12 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

9. You are like a wild donkeythat goes its own way.You've run off to Assyriaand hired them as allies.

10. You can bargain with nations,but I'll catch you anyway.Soon you will suffer abuseby kings and rulers.

11. Israel, you have builtmany altars where you offersacrifices for sin.But these altars have becomeplaces for sin.

12. My instructions for sacrificeswere written in detail,but you ignored them.

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