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12 In Gilead is falsehood, they have come to nothing;
    in Gilgal they sacrifice bulls,
But their altars are like heaps of stones(A)
    in the furrows of the field.

13 Jacob fled to the land of Aram,
    and Israel served for a wife;
    for a wife he tended sheep.(B)
14 But by a prophet[a] the Lord brought Israel out of Egypt,
    and by a prophet Israel was tended.(C)

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  1. 12:14 A prophet: Moses.

12 Jacob fled to the country of Aram[a];(A)
    Israel served to get a wife,
    and to pay for her he tended sheep.(B)
13 The Lord used a prophet to bring Israel up from Egypt,(C)
    by a prophet he cared for him.(D)
14 But Ephraim has aroused his bitter anger;
    his Lord will leave on him the guilt of his bloodshed(E)
    and will repay him for his contempt.(F)

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  1. Hosea 12:12 That is, Northwest Mesopotamia