en_tn/hos/08/08.md

Yahweh is speaking.

Israel is swallowed up

The tribes of Israel have been taken captive by their enemies and taken away to other lands. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)

like a wild donkey all alone

Israel is compared to a wild donkey, an animal that was known to be headstrong and unruly (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile)

Ephraim has hired lovers for herself

AT: "The people of Israel have tried to pay other nations to protect them." (UDB) (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)