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Hosea 12:11

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If Gilead is wicked,
surely they are worthless.
In Gilgal they sacrifice bulls.
Indeed, their altars are like heaps in the furrows of the field.

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Hosea 12:11 in other translations

Is Gilead iniquity? they are altogether false; in Gilgal they sacrifice bullocks; yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the field.

Hosea 12:11 · American Standard Version

Hosea 12:11 in context

  1. 9“But I am Yahweh your God from the land of Egypt.
    I will yet again make you dwell in tents,
    as in the days of the solemn feast.
  2. 10I have also spoken to the prophets,
    and I have multiplied visions;
    and by the ministry of the prophets I have used parables.
  3. 11If Gilead is wicked,
    surely they are worthless.
    In Gilgal they sacrifice bulls.
    Indeed, their altars are like heaps in the furrows of the field.
  4. 12Jacob fled into the country of Aram,
    and Israel served to get a wife,
    and for a wife he tended flocks and herds.
  5. 13By a prophet Yahweh brought Israel up out of Egypt,
    and by a prophet he was preserved.