Hosea 12:11-13

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¹¹The people in Gilead do wicked things.^[a]
They will become as useless as their idols.
At Gilgal, the people offer bulls as sacrifices on their altars.
Those altars will be like heaps of stones in a farmer's field.’

¹²Jacob ran away to the land of Aram.^[b]
He worked there as a shepherd so that he could get a wife.
¹³The Lord used a prophet to bring the Israelites out of Egypt.
He used a prophet to keep them safe in the wilderness.