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11 Gilead is terribly sinful
    and will end up ruined.
Bulls are sacrificed in Gilgal
    on altars made of stones,
but those stones will be scattered
    in every field.
12 (A) Jacob[a] escaped to Syria[b]
where he tended sheep
    to earn himself a wife.
13 (B) I sent the prophet Moses
to lead Israel from Egypt
    and to keep them safe.

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Footnotes

  1. 12.12 Jacob: His name was later changed to Israel (see Genesis 32.28), and he became the ancestor of the nation by that name.
  2. 12.12 Syria: The Hebrew text has “Aram,” probably referring to northern Syria in the region of Haran.

11 Is Gilead wicked?(A)
    Its people are worthless!
Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal?(B)
    Their altars will be like piles of stones
    on a plowed field.(C)
12 Jacob fled to the country of Aram[a];(D)
    Israel served to get a wife,
    and to pay for her he tended sheep.(E)
13 The Lord used a prophet to bring Israel up from Egypt,(F)
    by a prophet he cared for him.(G)

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 12:12 That is, Northwest Mesopotamia