10 (A)I have also spoken by the prophets,
And have multiplied visions;
I have given [a]symbols [b]through the witness of the prophets.”

11 Though (B)Gilead has idols—
Surely they are [c]vanity—
Though they sacrifice bulls in (C)Gilgal,
Indeed their altars shall be heaps in the furrows of the field.

12 Jacob (D)fled to the country of Syria;
(E)Israel served for a spouse,
And for a wife he tended sheep.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 12:10 Or parables
  2. Hosea 12:10 Lit. by the hand
  3. Hosea 12:11 worthless

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