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11 (A)If there is iniquity in Gilead,
    they shall surely come to nothing:
(B)in Gilgal they sacrifice bulls;
    (C)their altars also are like stone heaps
    (D)on the furrows of the field.
12 (E)Jacob fled to the land of Aram;
    there Israel (F)served for a wife,
    and for a wife he guarded sheep.
13 By (G)a prophet (H)the Lord brought Israel up from Egypt,
    and by a prophet he was guarded.

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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