12When they go, I will throw my net over them; I will pull them down like birds of the air. When I hear them flocking together, I will catch them.


In Context

9 Foreigners sap his strength, but he does not realize it. His hair is sprinkled with gray, but he does not notice.

10 Israel's arrogance testifies against him, but despite all this he does not return to the Lord his God or search for him.

11 "Ephraim is like a dove, easily deceived and senseless- now calling to Egypt, now turning to Assyria.

12 When they go, I will throw my net over them; I will pull them down like birds of the air. When I hear them flocking together, I will catch them.

13 Woe to them, because they have strayed from me! Destruction to them, because they have rebelled against me! I long to redeem them but they speak lies against me.

14 They do not cry out to me from their hearts but wail upon their beds. They gather together for grain and new wine but turn away from me.

Hosea 7:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:12When 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

7:12And when they shall go, I will spread my net upon them: I will bring them down as the fowl of the air, I will strike them as their congregation hath heard.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

7:12When 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:12When 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

7:12When 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:12When 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:12When 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.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

7:12When they go I spread over them My net, As the fowl of the heavens I bring them down, I chastise them as their company hath heard.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:12When they shall go, I will spread my net on them; I will bring them down as the fowls of the heaven; I will chastise them, as their congregation has heard.