Hosea 12:7-11
English Standard Version
7 A merchant, in whose hands are (A)false balances,
he loves (B)to oppress.
8 Ephraim has said, “Ah, but (C)I am rich;
I have found wealth for myself;
in all my labors (D)they cannot find in me iniquity or sin.”
9 (E)I am the Lord your God
from the land of Egypt;
I will again make you (F)dwell in tents,
as in the days of the appointed feast.
10 (G)I spoke to the prophets;
it was I who multiplied (H)visions,
and through the prophets gave parables.
11 (I)If there is iniquity in Gilead,
they shall surely come to nothing:
(J)in Gilgal they sacrifice bulls;
(K)their altars also are like stone heaps
(L)on the furrows of the field.
Hosea 12:7-11
International Standard Version
7 “Now as for the merchant,[a]
deceitful balances remain in his hand,
and he loves to defraud.
8 Ephraim claims,
‘I have become rich,
I have made a fortune!
Because of all my wealth,
no one will find any iniquity or sin in me.’
9 “Yet I remain the Lord your God,
who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
I will make you live in tents again,
as in the festival of that name.[b]
10 I spoke to the prophets,
giving revelation after revelation,
and employing parables in the prophetic writings.[c]
11 “There’s iniquity in Gilead, isn’t there?
They have become truly vain.
They sacrifice bulls in Gilgal;
their altars are like piles of stone in furrowed fields.
Footnotes
- Hosea 12:7 MT word for merchant sounds like Canaan
- Hosea 12:9 I.e. the Festival of Tents
- Hosea 12:10 Lit. parables by the hand of the prophets
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