12 Jacob fled to the country of Aram[a];(A)
    Israel served to get a wife,
    and to pay for her he tended sheep.(B)
13 The Lord used a prophet to bring Israel up from Egypt,(C)
    by a prophet he cared for him.(D)
14 But Ephraim has aroused his bitter anger;
    his Lord will leave on him the guilt of his bloodshed(E)
    and will repay him for his contempt.(F)

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 12:12 That is, Northwest Mesopotamia

Further Indictment of Jacob’s Heirs

12 Jacob fled to the land of Aram.(A)
Israel worked to earn a wife;(B)
he tended flocks for a wife.(C)
13 The Lord brought Israel from Egypt by a prophet,(D)
and Israel was tended by a prophet.

14 Ephraim has provoked bitter anger,(E)
so his Lord will leave his bloodguilt on him(F)
and repay him for his contempt.(G)

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