Israel’s Corruption

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

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“They delight the king with their wickedness,
    the princes with their lies.(A)

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13 You have plowed wickedness and reaped injustice;(A)
you have eaten the fruit of lies.(B)
Because you have trusted in your own way[a]
and in your large number of soldiers,(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 10:13 LXX reads your chariots

13 But you have planted wickedness,
    you have reaped evil,(A)
    you have eaten the fruit of deception.(B)
Because you have depended on your own strength
    and on your many warriors,(C)

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

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Footnotes

  1. 11:12 Hb obscure

Israel’s Sin

12 Ephraim has surrounded me with lies,(A)
    Israel with deceit.
And Judah is unruly against God,
    even against the faithful(B) Holy One.[a](C)

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 11:12 In Hebrew texts this verse (11:12) is numbered 12:1.