“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.”
Hosea 7:12 (WEB)
Context Reading
10The pride of Israel testifies to his face;yet they haven’t returned to Yahweh their God,nor sought him, for all this. 11“Ephraim is like an easily deceived dove, without understanding.They call to Egypt.They go to Assyria. 12When 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. 13Woe to them!For they have wandered from me.Destruction to them!For they have trespassed against me.Though I would redeem them,yet they have spoken lies against me. 14They haven’t cried to me with their heart,but they howl on their beds.They assemble themselves for grain and new wine.They turn away from me.