Hosea 7:12 meaning and explanation

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.

Hosea 7:12, Berean Standard Bible

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God speaks here through Hosea to the northern kingdom of Israel, called Ephraim, in the eighth century BC. The previous verse pictures the people as a senseless dove fluttering between Egypt and Assyria, seeking help from foreign powers instead of from the LORD.

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