11 Is there [a]iniquity in Gilead? surely they are vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal, and their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the field.

12 [b]And Jacob fled into the country of Aram, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep,

13 And by a [c]Prophet the Lord brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a Prophet was he reserved.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 12:11 The people thought that no man durst have spoken against Gilead, that holy place, and yet the Prophet saith, that all their religion was but vanity.
  2. Hosea 12:12 If you boast of your riches and nobility, ye seem to reproach your father, who was a poor fugitive and servant.
  3. Hosea 12:13 Meaning, Moses, whereby appeareth, that whatsoever they have, it cometh of God’s free goodness.

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