Hosea 12:12-14
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
12 Jacob fled to the land of Aram;
there Israel served for a wife,
and for a wife he guarded sheep.[a](A)
13 By a prophet the Lord brought Israel up from Egypt,
and by a prophet he was guarded.(B)
14 Ephraim has given bitter offense,
so his Lord will bring his crimes down on him
and pay him back for his insults.(C)
Footnotes
- 12.12 Heb lacks sheep
Hosea 12:12-14
New Living Translation
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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