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         <div class="label">10</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.10.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Israel was a spreading vine;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.10.1"><span class="content">he brought forth fruit for himself.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.10.1"><span class="content">As his fruit increased,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.10.1"><span class="content">he built more altars;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.10.1"><span class="content">as his land prospered,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.10.1"><span class="content">he adorned his sacred stones.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.10.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.10.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Their heart is deceitful,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.10.2"><span class="content">and now they must bear their guilt.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.10.2"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will demolish their altars</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.10.2"><span class="content">and destroy their sacred stones.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.10.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.10.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Then they will say, &#8220;We have no king</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.10.3"><span class="content">because we did not revere the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.10.3"><span class="content">But even if we had a king,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.10.3"><span class="content">what could he do for us?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.10.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.10.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">They make many promises,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.10.4"><span class="content">take false oaths</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.10.4"><span class="content">and make agreements;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.10.4"><span class="content">therefore lawsuits spring up</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.10.4"><span class="content">like poisonous weeds in a plowed field.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.10.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.10.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The people who live in Samaria fear</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.10.5"><span class="content">for the calf-idol of Beth Aven.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:5 </span><span class="fq">Beth Aven </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fqa">house of wickedness </span><span class="ft">(a derogatory name for Bethel, which means </span><span class="fqa">house of God</span><span class="ft">).</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.10.5"><span class="content">Its people will mourn over it,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.10.5"><span class="content">and so will its idolatrous priests,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.10.5"><span class="content">those who had rejoiced over its splendor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.10.5"><span class="content">because it is taken from them into exile.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.10.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.10.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">It will be carried to Assyria</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.10.6"><span class="content">as tribute for the great king.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.10.6"><span class="content">Ephraim will be disgraced;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.10.6"><span class="content">Israel will be ashamed of its foreign alliances.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.10.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.10.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Samaria&#8217;s king will be destroyed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.10.7"><span class="content">swept away like a twig on the surface of the waters.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.10.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.10.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The high places of wickedness</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:8 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">aven, </span><span class="ft">a reference to Beth Aven (a derogatory name for Bethel); see verse 5.</span></span></span><span class="content"> will be destroyed&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.10.8"><span class="content">it is the sin of Israel.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.10.8"><span class="content">Thorns and thistles will grow up</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.10.8"><span class="content">and cover their altars.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.10.8"><span class="content">Then they will say to the mountains, &#8220;Cover us!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.10.8"><span class="content">and to the hills, &#8220;Fall on us!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.10.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.10.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;Since the days of Gibeah, you have sinned, Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.10.9"><span class="content">and there you have remained.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:9 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">there a stand was taken</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.10.9"><span class="content">Will not war again overtake</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.10.9"><span class="content">the evildoers in Gibeah?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.10.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.10.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">When I please, I will punish them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.10.10"><span class="content">nations will be gathered against them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.10.10"><span class="content">to put them in bonds for their double sin.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.10.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.10.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Ephraim is a trained heifer</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.10.11"><span class="content">that loves to thresh;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.10.11"><span class="content">so I will put a yoke</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.10.11"><span class="content">on her fair neck.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.10.11"><span class="content">I will drive Ephraim,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.10.11"><span class="content">Judah must plow,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.10.11"><span class="content">and Jacob must break up the ground.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.10.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.10.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Sow righteousness for yourselves,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.10.12"><span class="content">reap the fruit of unfailing love,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.10.12"><span class="content">and break up your unplowed ground;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.10.12"><span class="content">for it is time to seek the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.10.12"><span class="content">until he comes</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.10.12"><span class="content">and showers his righteousness on you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.10.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.10.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">But you have planted wickedness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.10.13"><span class="content">you have reaped evil,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.10.13"><span class="content">you have eaten the fruit of deception.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.10.13"><span class="content">Because you have depended on your own strength</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.10.13"><span class="content">and on your many warriors,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.10.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.10.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">the roar of battle will rise against your people,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.10.14"><span class="content">so that all your fortresses will be devastated&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.10.14"><span class="content">as Shalman devastated Beth Arbel on the day of battle,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.10.14"><span class="content">when mothers were dashed to the ground with their children.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.10.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.10.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">So will it happen to you, Bethel,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.10.15"><span class="content">because your wickedness is great.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.10.15"><span class="content">When that day dawns,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.10.15"><span class="content">the king of Israel will be completely destroyed.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">11</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">God&#8217;s Love for Israel</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.11.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">&#8220;When Israel was a child, I loved him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.11.1"><span class="content">and out of Egypt I called my son.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.11.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.11.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">But the more they were called,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.11.2"><span class="content">the more they went away from me.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">11:2 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">them</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.11.2"><span class="content">They sacrificed to the Baals</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.11.2"><span class="content">and they burned incense to images.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.11.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.11.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">It was I who taught Ephraim to walk,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.11.3"><span class="content">taking them by the arms;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.11.3"><span class="content">but they did not realize</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.11.3"><span class="content">it was I who healed them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.11.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.11.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">I led them with cords of human kindness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.11.4"><span class="content">with ties of love.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.11.4"><span class="content">To them I was like one who lifts</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.11.4"><span class="content">a little child to the cheek,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.11.4"><span class="content">and I bent down to feed them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.11.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.11.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;Will they not return to Egypt</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.11.5"><span class="content">and will not Assyria rule over them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.11.5"><span class="content">because they refuse to repent?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.11.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.11.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">A sword will flash in their cities;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.11.6"><span class="content">it will devour their false prophets</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.11.6"><span class="content">and put an end to their plans.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.11.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.11.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">My people are determined to turn from me.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.11.7"><span class="content">Even though they call me God Most High,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.11.7"><span class="content">I will by no means exalt them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.11.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.11.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;How can I give you up, Ephraim?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.11.8"><span class="content">How can I hand you over, Israel?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.11.8"><span class="content">How can I treat you like Admah?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.11.8"><span class="content">How can I make you like Zeboyim?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.11.8"><span class="content">My heart is changed within me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.11.8"><span class="content">all my compassion is aroused.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.11.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.11.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">I will not carry out my fierce anger,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.11.9"><span class="content">nor will I devastate Ephraim again.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.11.9"><span class="content">For I am God, and not a man&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.11.9"><span class="content">the Holy One among you.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.11.9"><span class="content">I will not come against their cities.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.11.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.11.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">They will follow the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.11.10"><span class="content">he will roar like a lion.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.11.10"><span class="content">When he roars,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.11.10"><span class="content">his children will come trembling from the west.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.11.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.11.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">They will come from Egypt,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.11.11"><span class="content">trembling like sparrows,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.11.11"><span class="content">from Assyria, fluttering like doves.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.11.11"><span class="content">I will settle them in their homes,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.11.11"><span class="content">declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Israel&#8217;s Sin</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.11.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.11.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Ephraim has surrounded me with lies,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.11.12"><span class="content">Israel with deceit.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.11.12"><span class="content">And Judah is unruly against God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.11.12"><span class="content">even against the faithful Holy One.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">11:12 </span><span class="ft">In Hebrew texts this verse (11:12) is numbered 12:1.</span></span></span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">12</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">In Hebrew texts 12:1-14 is numbered 12:2-15.</span><span class="ft">  </span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.12.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Ephraim feeds on the wind;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.12.1"><span class="content">he pursues the east wind all day</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.12.1"><span class="content">and multiplies lies and violence.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.12.1"><span class="content">He makes a treaty with Assyria</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.12.1"><span class="content">and sends olive oil to Egypt.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.12.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.12.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has a charge to bring against Judah;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.12.2"><span class="content">he will punish Jacob</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">12:2 </span><span class="fq">Jacob </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fqa">he grasps the heel, </span><span class="ft">a Hebrew idiom for </span><span class="fqa">he takes advantage of </span><span class="ft">or </span><span class="fqa">he deceives.</span></span></span><span class="content"> according to his ways</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.12.2"><span class="content">and repay him according to his deeds.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.12.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.12.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">In the womb he grasped his brother&#8217;s heel;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.12.3"><span class="content">as a man he struggled with God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.12.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.12.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">He struggled with the angel and overcame him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.12.4"><span class="content">he wept and begged for his favor.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.12.4"><span class="content">He found him at Bethel</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.12.4"><span class="content">and talked with him there&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.12.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.12.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> God Almighty,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.12.5"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is his name!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.12.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.12.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">But you must return to your God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.12.6"><span class="content">maintain love and justice,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.12.6"><span class="content">and wait for your God always.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.12.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.12.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The merchant uses dishonest scales</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.12.7"><span class="content">and loves to defraud.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.12.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.12.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Ephraim boasts,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.12.8"><span class="content">&#8220;I am very rich; I have become wealthy.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.12.8"><span class="content">With all my wealth they will not find in me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.12.8"><span class="content">any iniquity or sin.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.12.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.12.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;I have been the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.12.9"><span class="content">ever since you came out of Egypt;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.12.9"><span class="content">I will make you live in tents again,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.12.9"><span class="content">as in the days of your appointed festivals.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.12.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.12.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">I spoke to the prophets,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.12.10"><span class="content">gave them many visions</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.12.10"><span class="content">and told parables through them.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.12.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.12.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Is Gilead wicked?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.12.11"><span class="content">Its people are worthless!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.12.11"><span class="content">Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.12.11"><span class="content">Their altars will be like piles of stones</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.12.11"><span class="content">on a plowed field.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.12.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.12.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Jacob fled to the country of Aram</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">12:12 </span><span class="ft">That is, Northwest Mesopotamia</span></span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.12.12"><span class="content">Israel served to get a wife,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.12.12"><span class="content">and to pay for her he tended sheep.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.12.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.12.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> used a prophet to bring Israel up from Egypt,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.12.13"><span class="content">by a prophet he cared for him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.12.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.12.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">But Ephraim has aroused his bitter anger;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.12.14"><span class="content">his Lord will leave on him the guilt of his bloodshed</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.12.14"><span class="content">and will repay him for his contempt.</span></span></div>
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