12 (A)Jacob fled to the land of Aram;
    there Israel (B)served for a wife,
    and for a wife he guarded sheep.
13 By (C)a prophet (D)the Lord brought Israel up from Egypt,
    and by a prophet he was guarded.
14 (E)Ephraim has given bitter provocation;
    so his Lord (F)will leave his bloodguilt on him
    (G)and will repay him for his disgraceful deeds.

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12 Jacob fled to the land of Aram,
    and there he[a] earned a wife by tending sheep.
13 Then by a prophet
    the Lord brought Jacob’s descendants[b] out of Egypt;
and by that prophet
    they were protected.
14 But the people of Israel
    have bitterly provoked the Lord,
so their Lord will now sentence them to death
    in payment for their sins.

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Footnotes

  1. 12:12 Hebrew Israel. See note on 10:11b.
  2. 12:13 Hebrew brought Israel. See note on 10:11b.