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11 In Gilead[a] there is iniquity,
    they shall surely come to nothing.
In Gilgal they sacrifice bulls,
    so their altars shall be like stone heaps
    on the furrows of the field.
12 Jacob fled to the land of Aram;
    there Israel served for a wife,
    and for a wife he guarded sheep.[b]
13 By a prophet the Lord brought Israel up from Egypt,
    and by a prophet he was guarded.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 12:11 Compare Syr: Heb Gilead
  2. Hosea 12:12 Heb lacks sheep

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