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Hosea 12:11

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Since Gilead is full of evil, they will certainly come to nothing. They sacrifice bulls in Gilgal; even their altars will be like piles of rocks on the furrows of a field.

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When Ephraim multiplied his altars for sin, they became his altars for sinning.


Gilead is a city of evildoers, tracked with bloody footprints.


Israel, if you act promiscuously, don’t let Judah become guilty! Do not go to Gilgal or make a pilgrimage to Beth-aven,  , and do not swear an oath: As the  Lord  lives!


All their evil appears at Gilgal, for there I began to hate them. I will drive them from my house because of their evil, wicked actions. I will no longer love them; all their leaders are rebellious.


Israel is a lush   vine; it yields fruit for itself. The more his fruit increased, the more he increased the altars. The better his land produced, the better they made the sacred pillars.


Those who cherish worthless idols abandon their faithful love,


Do not seek Bethel or go to Gilgal or journey to Beer-sheba, for Gilgal will certainly go into exile, and Bethel will come to nothing.


Come to Bethel and rebel; rebel even more at Gilgal! Bring your sacrifices every morning, your tenths every three days.


They are worthless, a work to be mocked. At the time of their punishment they will be destroyed.


They are both stupid and foolish, instructed by worthless idols made of wood!


But where are your gods you made for yourself? Let them rise up and save you in your time of disaster if they can, for your gods are as numerous as your cities, Judah.


For long ago I   broke your yoke; I  tore off your chains. You insisted, ‘I will not serve! ’ On every high hill and under every green tree you lay down like a prostitute.


Now Elijah  the Tishbite, from the Gilead settlers,  , said to Ahab, ‘As the Lord God of Israel lives,  in whose presence I stand, there will be no dew or rain during these years except by my command! ’


Their hearts are devious;  , now they must bear their guilt. The Lord will break down their altars and demolish their sacred pillars.


he said: ‘Listen to what I say: If there is a prophet among you from the  Lord, I make myself known to him in a vision; I speak with him in a dream.


Still, the Lord warned  Israel and Judah through every prophet and every seer, saying, ‘Turn from your evil ways and keep my commands and statutes according to the whole law I commanded your ancestors and sent to you through my servants the prophets.’


‘Son of man, pose a riddle and speak a parable to the house of Israel.





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