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Hosea 12:9-14 Holy Bible: Easy-To-Read Version (ETR)

9. “But I am still the Lord your God, as I was when you left the land of Egypt. I will make you live in tents, as you do during the Festival of Shelters.

10. I spoke to the prophets and gave them many visions. I gave the prophets many ways to teach my lessons to you.

11. But the people in Gilead have sinned. There are many terrible idols in that place. They offer sacrifices to bulls at Gilgal. They have many altars. There are rows and rows of altars—like the rows of dirt in a plowed field.

12. “Jacob ran away to the land of Aram. There Israel worked for a wife. He kept sheep to get another wife.

13. But the Lord used a prophet and brought Israel out of Egypt. He used a prophet and kept Israel safe.

14. But Ephraim made the Lord very angry. Ephraim killed many people, so he will be punished for his crimes. His Lord will make him bear his shame.”

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