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Hosea 12:10 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" I have also spoken to the prophets, and I have multiplied visions; and by the ministry of the prophets I have used parables. "
Hosea 12:10
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8 Ephraim said, “Surely I have become rich. I have found myself wealth. In all my wealth they won’t find in me any iniquity that is sin.”
9 “But I am the LORD your God from the land of Egypt. I will yet again make you dwell in tents, as in the days of the solemn feast.
10 I have also spoken to the prophets, and I have multiplied visions; and by the ministry of the prophets I have used parables.
11 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.
12 Jacob fled into the country of Aram. Israel served to get a wife. For a wife he tended flocks and herds.
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Hosea 12:1
"Ephraim feeds on wind, and chases the east wind. He continually multiplies lies and desolation. They make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried into Egypt."
Hosea 12:2
"The LORD also has a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his deeds he will repay him."
Hosea 12:3
"In the womb he took his brother by the heel, and in his manhood he contended with God."
Hosea 12:4
"Indeed, he struggled with the angel, and prevailed; he wept, and made supplication to him. He found him at Bethel, and there he spoke with us—"
Hosea 12:5
"even the LORD, the God of Armies. The LORD is his name of renown!"
Hosea 12:6
"Therefore turn to your God. Keep kindness and justice, and wait continually for your God."
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