Hosea 12:7-14 ▼

7 A merchant, in whose hands are deceptive balances, He loves to oppress.

8 And Ephraim said, “Surely I have become rich; I have found wealth for myself; In all my labors they will find in me No iniquity, which would be sin.”

9 But I have been Yahweh your God since the land of Egypt; I will make you settle in tents again, As in the days of the appointed festival.

10 And I have spoken to the prophets, And I made visions abound, And by the hand of the prophets I gave parables.

11 Is there wickedness in Gilead? Surely they are worthless. In Gilgal they sacrifice bulls; Yes, their altars are like the stone heaps Beside the furrows of the field.

12 Now Jacob fled to the field of Aram, And Israel worked for a wife, And for a wife he kept sheep.

13 But by a prophet Yahweh brought Israel up from Egypt, And by a prophet he was kept.

14 Ephraim has provoked to bitter anger; So his Lord will leave his bloodguilt on him And cause his reproach to return to him.