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11 Is Gilead iniquity? surely they are vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the fields.

12 But Jacob fled into the land of Aram, and Israel served for his wife, and for his wife he was a pastor.

13 And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was preserved.

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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