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Hosea 8:9
Berean Standard Bible · Westminster Leningrad Codex
For they have gone up to Assyria like a wild donkey on its own. Ephraim (note: That is, the northern kingdom of Israel; also in verse 11) has hired lovers.
כִּֽי־ הֵ֙מָּה֙ עָל֣וּ אַשּׁ֔וּר פֶּ֖רֶא בּוֹדֵ֣ד ל֑וֹ אֶפְרַ֖יִם הִתְנ֥וּ אֲהָבִֽים