Hosea 12:9-11

Contemporary English Version

The Lord Is Still the God of Israel

⁹^(A) Israel, I, the Lord,
am still your God,
    just as I have been
since the time
    you were in Egypt.
Now I will force you
to live in tents once again,
    as you did in the desert.^[a]
¹⁰I spoke to the prophets—
    often I spoke in visions.
And so, I will send my prophets
    with messages of doom.
¹¹Gilead 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.

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Footnotes

12.9 as … desert: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text. This probably refers to the 40 years of wandering through the desert after leaving Egypt, though it could refer to the “tents” (or “shelters”) in which the Israelites lived during the Festival of Shelters (see 9.5,6).