Hosea 12:7-11
World English Bible
7 A merchant has dishonest scales in his hand.
He loves to defraud.
8 Ephraim said, “Surely I have become rich,
I have found myself wealth.
In all my wealth they won’t find in me any iniquity that is sin.”
9 “But I am Yahweh your God from the land of Egypt.
I will yet again make you dwell in tents,
as in the days of the solemn feast.
10 I have also spoken to the prophets,
and I have multiplied visions;
and by the ministry of the prophets I have used parables.
11 If Gilead is wicked,
surely they are worthless.
In Gilgal they sacrifice bulls.
Indeed, their altars are like heaps in the furrows of the field.
Hosea 12:7-11
Holman Christian Standard Bible
7 A merchant loves to extort(A)
with dishonest scales in his hands.(B)
8 But Ephraim says:
“How rich I have become;(C)
I made it all myself.
In all my earnings,
no one can find any crime in me(D)
that I can be punished for!”[a]
Judgment on Apostate Israel
9 I have been Yahweh your God
ever since[b] the land of Egypt.(E)
I will make you live in tents again,(F)
as in the festival days.
10 I spoke through the prophets(G)
and granted many visions;
I gave parables through the prophets.(H)
11 Since Gilead is full of evil,(I)
they will certainly come to nothing.
They sacrifice bulls in Gilgal;(J)
even their altars will be like heaps of rocks(K)
on the furrows of a field.
Footnotes
- Hosea 12:8 Lit crime which is sin
- Hosea 12:9 LXX reads God who brought you out of
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