Cursing,(A) lying,(B) murder,(C) stealing,(D)
and adultery(E) are rampant;
one act of bloodshed follows another.(F)

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By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.

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Israel’s Corruption

They please the king with their evil,(A)
the princes with their lies.(B)

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They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.

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12 [a] Ephraim surrounds me with lies,(A)
the house of Israel, with deceit.
Judah still wanders with God
and is faithful to the holy ones.[b][c]

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 11:12 Hs 12:1 in Hb
  2. Hosea 11:12 Or to the Holy One; Hb obscure
  3. Hosea 11:12 Possibly angels, or less likely, pagan gods or idols

12 Ephraim compasseth me about with lies, and the house of Israel with deceit: but Judah yet ruleth with God, and is faithful with the saints.

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