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Hosea 12:7-11
New American Standard Bible
Hosea 12:7-11
New American Standard Bible
7 A [a]merchant, in whose hands are fraudulent (A)balances,
Loves to exploit.
8 And Ephraim said, “I have certainly become (B)rich,
I have found wealth for myself;
In all my labors they will find in me
(C)No wrongdoing, which would be sin.”
9 But I have been the Lord your God since the land of Egypt;
I will make you (D)live in tents again,
As in the days of the appointed festival.
10 I have also spoken to the (E)prophets,
And I [b]provided many visions,
And through the prophets I spoke in (F)parables.
11 Is there injustice in Gilead?
Certainly they are worthless.
In Gilgal they sacrifice bulls,
Yes, (G)their altars are like stone heaps
Beside the furrows of a field.
Footnotes
- Hosea 12:7 Or Canaanite
- Hosea 12:10 Lit multiplied the vision
Hosea 12:7-11
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Hosea 12:7-11
Holman Christian Standard Bible
7 A merchant loves to extort(A)
with dishonest scales in his hands.(B)
8 But Ephraim says:
“How rich I have become;(C)
I made it all myself.
In all my earnings,
no one can find any crime in me(D)
that I can be punished for!”[a]
Judgment on Apostate Israel
9 I have been Yahweh your God
ever since[b] the land of Egypt.(E)
I will make you live in tents again,(F)
as in the festival days.
10 I spoke through the prophets(G)
and granted many visions;
I gave parables through the prophets.(H)
11 Since Gilead is full of evil,(I)
they will certainly come to nothing.
They sacrifice bulls in Gilgal;(J)
even their altars will be like heaps of rocks(K)
on the furrows of a field.
Footnotes
- Hosea 12:8 Lit crime which is sin
- Hosea 12:9 LXX reads God who brought you out of
Hosea 12:7-11
New International Version
Hosea 12:7-11
New International Version
7 The merchant uses dishonest scales(A)
and loves to defraud.
8 Ephraim boasts,(B)
“I am very rich; I have become wealthy.(C)
With all my wealth they will not find in me
any iniquity or sin.”
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