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

12 Jacob (A)fled to the country of Syria;
(B)Israel served for a spouse,
And for a wife he tended sheep.
13 (C)By a prophet the Lord brought Israel out of Egypt,
And by a prophet he was preserved.
14 Ephraim (D)provoked Him to anger most bitterly;
Therefore his Lord will leave the guilt of his bloodshed upon him,
(E)And return his reproach upon him.

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