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Hosea 7:12

Sin

10 And the pride of Israel testifieth to his face: and they do not return to the LORD their God, nor seek him for all this.

11 Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.

When they shall go, I will spread my net upon them; I will bring them down as the fowls of the heaven; I will chastise them, as their congregation hath heard.

13 Woe unto them! for they have fled from me: destruction unto them! because they have transgressed against me: though I have redeemed them, yet they have spoken lies against me.

14 And they have not cried unto me with their heart, when they howled upon their beds: they assemble themselves for corn and wine, and they rebel against me.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
As they go, I will spread My net over them; I will bring them down like birds of the air. I will chastise them when I hear them flocking together.
KJV
When they shall go, I will spread my net upon them; I will bring them down as the fowls of the heaven; I will chastise them, as their congregation hath heard.
WEB
When they go, I will spread my net on them. I will bring them down like the birds of the sky. I will chastise them, as their congregation has heard.
ASV
When they shall go, I will spread my net upon them; I will bring them down as the birds of the heavens; I will chastise them, as their congregation hath heard.
DARBY
When they go, I will spread my net upon them; I will bring them down as the fowl of the heavens; I will chastise them, according as their assembly hath heard.
BLB
When they go, I will spread over them My net, like birds of the heavens I will bring them down; I will chastise them according to the report of their congregation.
ÅB
Så snart de går, vil jeg spenne ut mitt nett over dem; som himmelens fugler vil jeg dra dem ned; jeg vil tukte dem, som det allerede er forkynt for deres menighet.
OTB
Når de går, vil jeg spre mitt nett over dem;
Jeg vil bringe dem ned som himmelens fugler.
Jeg vil disiplinere dem i samsvar med nyhetene til deres forsamling.
B1930
Så snart de går, vil jeg spenne ut mitt nett over dem; som himmelens fugler vil jeg dra dem ned; jeg vil tukte dem, som det allerede er forkynt for deres menighet.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Ezekiel 12:13

    My net also will I spread upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare: and I will bring him to Babylon to the land of the Chaldeans; yet shall he not see it, though he shall die there.

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  • Deuteronomy 28:15–68

    But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee:

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  • Deuteronomy 29:22–28

    So that the generation to come of your children that shall rise up after you, and the stranger that shall come from a far land, shall say, when they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses which the LORD hath laid upon it;

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  • Ezekiel 32:3

    Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will therefore spread out my net over thee with a company of many people; and they shall bring thee up in my net.

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  • Ecclesiastes 9:12

    For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.

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  • Leviticus 26:14–46

    But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments;

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  • Jeremiah 16:16

    Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith the LORD, and they shall fish them; and after will I send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks.

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  • Deuteronomy 32:15–43

    But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.

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