Israel’s Corruption

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

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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. Hosea 10:13 LXX reads your chariots

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

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 11:12 Hs 12:1 in Hb
  2. Hosea 11:12 Or to the Holy One; Hb obscure
  3. Hosea 11:12 Possibly angels, or less likely, pagan gods or idols

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