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But no, the people are like crafty merchants
    selling from dishonest scales—
    they love to cheat.
Israel boasts, “I am rich!
    I’ve made a fortune all by myself!
No one has caught me cheating!
    My record is spotless!”

“But I am the Lord your God,
    who rescued you from slavery in Egypt.
And I will make you live in tents again,
    as you do each year at the Festival of Shelters.[a]
10 I sent my prophets to warn you
    with many visions and parables.”

11 But the people of Gilead are worthless
    because of their idol worship.
And in Gilgal, too, they sacrifice bulls;
    their altars are lined up like the heaps of stone
    along the edges of a plowed field.

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Footnotes

  1. 12:9 Hebrew as in the days of your appointed feast.

A [a]merchant, in whose hands are deceptive (A)balances,
He loves to oppress.
And Ephraim said, “Surely I have become (B)rich;
I have found wealth for myself;
In all my labors they will find in me
(C)No iniquity, which would be sin.”
But I have been Yahweh your God since the land of Egypt;
I will make you (D)settle in tents again,
As in the days of the appointed festival.
10 And I have spoken to the (E)prophets,
And I [b]made visions abound,
And by the hand of the prophets I gave (F)parables.
11 Is there wickedness in Gilead?
Surely they are worthless.
In Gilgal they sacrifice bulls;
Yes, (G)their altars are like the stone heaps
Beside the furrows of the field.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 12:7 Or Canaanite
  2. Hosea 12:10 Lit multiplied the vision

The merchant uses dishonest scales(A)
    and loves to defraud.
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.”

“I have been the Lord your God
    ever since you came out of Egypt;(D)
I will make you live in tents(E) again,
    as in the days of your appointed festivals.
10 I spoke to the prophets,
    gave them many visions
    and told parables(F) through them.”(G)

11 Is Gilead wicked?(H)
    Its people are worthless!
Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal?(I)
    Their altars will be like piles of stones
    on a plowed field.(J)

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