Hosea 12:11-13

Good News Translation

¹¹ Yet idols are worshiped in Gilead, and those who worship them will die. Bulls are sacrificed in Gilgal, and the altars there will become piles of stone in the open fields.”

^12 (A)Our ancestor Jacob had to flee to Mesopotamia, where, in order to get a wife, he worked for another man and took care of his sheep. ^13 (B)The Lord sent a prophet to rescue the people of Israel from slavery in Egypt and to take care of them.