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Its people are worthless! Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal? Their altars will be like piles of stones on a plowed field. <a href="/nlt/hosea/12.htm">New Living Translation</a> But the people of Gilead are worthless because of their idol worship. And in Gilgal, too, they sacrifice bulls; their altars are lined up like the heaps of stone along the edges of a plowed field. <a href="/esv/hosea/12.htm">English Standard Version</a> If there is iniquity in Gilead, they shall surely come to nothing: in Gilgal they sacrifice bulls; their altars also are like stone heaps on the furrows of the field. <a href="/bsb/hosea/12.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Is there iniquity in Gilead? They will surely come to nothing. Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal? Indeed, their altars will be heaps of stones in the furrows of the field. <a href="/kjv/hosea/12.htm">King James Bible</a> Is there iniquity in Gilead? surely they are vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the fields. <a href="/nkjv/hosea/12.htm">New King James Version</a> Though Gilead has idols— Surely they are vanity— Though they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal, Indeed their altars shall be heaps in the furrows of the field. <a href="/nasb_/hosea/12.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Is there injustice in Gilead? Certainly they are worthless. In Gilgal they sacrifice bulls, Yes, their altars are like stone heaps Beside the furrows of a field. <a href="/nasb/hosea/12.htm">NASB 1995</a> Is there iniquity in Gilead? Surely they are worthless. In Gilgal they sacrifice bulls, Yes, their altars are like the stone heaps Beside the furrows of the field. <a href="/nasb77/hosea/12.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Is there iniquity in Gilead? Surely they are worthless. In Gilgal they sacrifice bulls, Yes, their altars are like the stone heaps Beside the furrows of the field. <a href="/lsb/hosea/12.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Is there wickedness in Gilead? Surely they are worthless. In Gilgal they sacrifice bulls; Yes, their altars are like the stone heaps Beside the furrows of the field. <a href="/amp/hosea/12.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Is there wickedness (idolatry) in Gilead? Surely the people there are worthless. In Gilgal [they defy Me when] they sacrifice bulls, Yes, [after My judgment] their [pagan] altars are like the stone heaps In the furrows of the fields. <a href="/csb/hosea/12.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/hcsb/hosea/12.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Since Gilead is full of evil, they will certainly come to nothing. They sacrifice bulls in Gilgal; even their altars will be like heaps of rocks on the furrows of a field. <a href="/asv/hosea/12.htm">American Standard Version</a> Is Gilead iniquity? they are altogether false; in Gilgal they sacrifice bullocks; yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the field. <a href="/cev/hosea/12.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Gilead is terribly sinful and will end up ruined. Bulls are sacrificed in Gilgal on altars made of stones, but those stones will be scattered in every field. <a href="/erv/hosea/12.htm">English Revised Version</a> Is Gilead iniquity? they are altogether vanity; in Gilgal they sacrifice bullocks: yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the field. <a href="/gwt/hosea/12.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> The people of Gilead are evil. They are worthless. They sacrifice bulls in Gilgal. But their altars will become like piles of rubble beside a plowed field. <a href="/gnt/hosea/12.htm">Good News Translation</a> Yet idols are worshiped in Gilead, and those who worship them will die. Bulls are sacrificed in Gilgal, and the altars there will become piles of stone in the open fields." <a href="/isv/hosea/12.htm">International Standard Version</a> "There's iniquity in Gilead, isn't there? They have become truly vain. They sacrifice bulls in Gilgal; their altars are like piles of stone in furrowed fields. <a href="/msb/hosea/12.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Is there iniquity in Gilead? They will surely come to nothing. Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal? Indeed, their altars will be heaps of stones in the furrows of the field. <a href="/net/hosea/12.htm">NET Bible</a> Is there idolatry in Gilead? Certainly its inhabitants will come to nothing! Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal? Surely their altars will be like stones heaped up on a plowed field! <a href="/nheb/hosea/12.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> 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. <a href="/wbt/hosea/12.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Is there iniquity in Gilead? surely they are vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yes, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the fields. <a href="/web/hosea/12.htm">World English Bible</a> 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. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/hosea/12.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Surely Gilead [is] iniquity, "" They have been only vanity, "" In Gilead they have sacrificed bullocks, "" Also their altars [are] as heaps, on the furrows of a field. <a href="/ylt/hosea/12.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> Surely Gilead is iniquity, Only, vanity they have been, In Gilead bullocks they have sacrificed, Also their altars are as heaps, on the furrows of a field. <a href="/slt/hosea/12.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> If Gilead nothing? Surely they were vanity: in Gilgal they sacrificed oxen; also their altars as heaps upon the furrows of the field.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/hosea/12.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> If Galaad be an idol, then in vain were they in Galgal offering sacrifices with bullocks: for their altars also are as heaps in the furrows of the field. <a href="/cpdv/hosea/12.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> If Gilead is an idol, then they have been sacrificing cattle in Gilgal to no purpose. For even their altars are like clutter on the soil of the field. <a href="/nabre/hosea/12.htm">New American Bible</a> In Gilead is falsehood, they have come to nothing; in Gilgal they sacrifice bulls, But their altars are like heaps of stones in the furrows of the field. <a href="/nrsvce/hosea/12.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> In Gilead 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.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/hosea/12.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> In Gilead you suffered pain, and in Gilgal you sacrificed bullocks to falsehood; your altars are like dry stalks in a barren field. <a href="/hpbt/hosea/12.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> In Gelad there was pain and in Galgala you sacrificed bulls for futility, also your altars were like straw in a field of barren land<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/hosea/12.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> If Gilead be given to iniquity Becoming altogether vanity, In Gilgal they sacrifice unto bullocks; Yea, their altars shall be as heaps In the furrows of the field. <a href="/sep/hosea/12.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> If Galaad exists not, then the chiefs in Galaad when they sacrificed were false, and their altars were as heaps on the ground of the field. <a href="/parallel/hosea/12-11.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xpPG1oLnpGk?start=1896" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/hosea/12.htm">A Reproof of Ephraim, Judah, Jacob</a> …10I spoke through the prophets and multiplied their visions; I gave parables through the prophets. 11<a href="/hebrew/518.htm" title="518: ’im- (Conj) -- If. A primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!">Is there</a> <a href="/hebrew/205.htm" title="205: ’ā·wen (N-ms) -- From an unused root perhaps meaning properly, to pant; strictly nothingness; also trouble. Vanity, wickedness; specifically an idol.">iniquity</a> <a href="/hebrew/1568.htm" title="1568: gil·‘āḏ (N-proper-fs) -- Probably from Gal'ed; Gilad, a region East of the Jordan; also the name of three Israelites.">in Gilead?</a> <a href="/hebrew/389.htm" title="389: ’aḵ- (Adv) -- Surely, howbeit. Akin to 'aken; a particle of affirmation, surely; hence only.">They will surely</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: hā·yū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">come</a> <a href="/hebrew/7723.htm" title="7723: šāw (N-ms) -- Or shav; from the same as show' in the sense of desolating; evil, literally or morally; figuratively idolatry, uselessness.">to nothing.</a> <a href="/hebrew/2076.htm" title="2076: zib·bê·ḥū (V-Piel-Perf-3cp) -- To slaughter for sacrifice. A primitive root; to slaughter an animal.">Do they sacrifice</a> <a href="/hebrew/7794.htm" title="7794: šə·wā·rîm (N-mp) -- A head of cattle (bullock, ox, etc.). From shuwr; a bullock.">bulls</a> <a href="/hebrew/1537.htm" title="1537: bag·gil·gāl (Prep-b, Art:: N-proper-fs) -- Circle (of stones), the name of several places in Pal. The same as gilgal; Gilgal, the name of three places in Palestine.">in Gilgal?</a> <a href="/hebrew/1571.htm" title="1571: gam (Conj) -- Also, moreover, yea. ">Indeed,</a> <a href="/hebrew/4196.htm" title="4196: miz·bə·ḥō·w·ṯām (N-mpc:: 3mp) -- An altar. From zabach; an altar.">their altars will be</a> <a href="/hebrew/1530.htm" title="1530: kə·ḡal·lîm (Prep-k:: N-mp) -- A heap, wave, billow. From galal; something rolled, i.e. A heap of stone or dung, by analogy, a spring of water.">heaps of stones</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">in</a> <a href="/hebrew/8525.htm" title="8525: tal·mê (N-mpc) -- A furrow. From an unused root meaning to accumulate; a bank or terrace.">the furrows</a> <a href="/hebrew/7704.htm" title="7704: śā·ḏāy (N-ms) -- Field, land. Or saday; from an unused root meaning to spread out; a field.">of the field.</a> 12Jacob fled to the land of Aram and Israel worked for a wife—for a wife he tended sheep.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/isaiah/1-11.htm">Isaiah 1:11-14</a> “What good to Me is your multitude of sacrifices?” says the LORD. “I am full from the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed cattle; I take no delight in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats. / When you come to appear before Me, who has required this of you—this trampling of My courts? / Bring your worthless offerings no more; your incense is detestable to Me. New Moons, Sabbaths, and convocations—I cannot endure iniquity in a solemn assembly. ... <a href="/amos/5-21.htm">Amos 5:21-23</a> “I hate, I despise your feasts! I cannot stand the stench of your solemn assemblies. / Even though you offer Me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them; for your peace offerings of fattened cattle I will have no regard. / Take away from Me the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps. <a href="/micah/6-6.htm">Micah 6:6-8</a> With what shall I come before the LORD when I bow before the God on high? Should I come to Him with burnt offerings, with year-old calves? / Would the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I present my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? / He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God? <a href="/jeremiah/7-21.htm">Jeremiah 7:21-23</a> This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Add your burnt offerings to your other sacrifices and eat the meat yourselves! / For when I brought your fathers out of the land of Egypt, I did not merely command them about burnt offerings and sacrifices, / but this is what I commanded them: Obey Me, and I will be your God, and you will be My people. You must walk in all the ways I have commanded you, so that it may go well with you. <a href="/1_samuel/15-22.htm">1 Samuel 15:22</a> But Samuel declared: “Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obedience to His voice? Behold, obedience is better than sacrifice, and attentiveness is better than the fat of rams. <a href="/isaiah/66-3.htm">Isaiah 66:3</a> Whoever slaughters an ox is like one who slays a man; whoever sacrifices a lamb is like one who breaks a dog’s neck; whoever presents a grain offering is like one who offers pig’s blood; whoever offers frankincense is like one who blesses an idol. Indeed, they have chosen their own ways and delighted in their abominations. <a href="/matthew/15-8.htm">Matthew 15:8-9</a> ‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. / They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’” <a href="/mark/7-6.htm">Mark 7:6-7</a> Jesus answered them, “Isaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites, as it is written: ‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. / They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’ <a href="/isaiah/29-13.htm">Isaiah 29:13</a> Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught by men. <a href="/psalms/51-16.htm">Psalm 51:16-17</a> For You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; You take no pleasure in burnt offerings. / The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise. <a href="/hebrews/10-5.htm">Hebrews 10:5-6</a> Therefore, when Christ came into the world, He said: “Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but a body You prepared for Me. / In burnt offerings and sin offerings You took no delight. <a href="/isaiah/58-1.htm">Isaiah 58:1-5</a> “Cry aloud, do not hold back! Raise your voice like a ram’s horn. Declare to My people their transgression and to the house of Jacob their sins. / For day after day they seek Me and delight to know My ways, like a nation that does what is right and does not forsake the justice of their God. They ask Me for righteous judgments; they delight in the nearness of God.” / “Why have we fasted, and You have not seen? Why have we humbled ourselves, and You have not noticed?” “Behold, on the day of your fast, you do as you please, and you oppress all your workers. ... <a href="/1_corinthians/13-1.htm">1 Corinthians 13:1-3</a> If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a ringing gong or a clanging cymbal. / If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have absolute faith so as to move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. / If I give all I possess to the poor and exult in the surrender of my body, but have not love, I gain nothing. <a href="/matthew/23-23.htm">Matthew 23:23</a> Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You pay tithes of mint, dill, and cumin. But you have disregarded the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former. <a href="/romans/12-1.htm">Romans 12:1-2</a> Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. / Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Is there iniquity in Gilead? surely they are vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yes, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the fields.iniquity.<a href="/hosea/6-8.htm">Hosea 6:8</a> Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted with blood.<a href="/1_kings/17-1.htm">1 Kings 17:1</a> And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.surely.<a href="/jeremiah/10-8.htm">Jeremiah 10:8,15</a> But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities… <a href="/jonah/2-8.htm">Jonah 2:8</a> They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.they sacrifice.<a href="/hosea/4-15.htm">Hosea 4:15</a> Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Bethaven, nor swear, The LORD liveth.<a href="/hosea/9-15.htm">Hosea 9:15</a> All their wickedness is in Gilgal: for there I hated them: for the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of mine house, I will love them no more: all their princes are revolters.<a href="/amos/4-4.htm">Amos 4:4</a> Come to Bethel, and transgress; at Gilgal multiply transgression; and bring your sacrifices every morning, and your tithes after three years:their altars.<a href="/hosea/8-11.htm">Hosea 8:11</a> Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin.<a href="/hosea/10-1.htm">Hosea 10:1</a> Israel is an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: according to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased the altars; according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly images.<a href="/2_kings/17-9.htm">2 Kings 17:9-11</a> And the children of Israel did secretly those things that were not right against the LORD their God, and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/hosea/10-8.htm">Altars</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-12.htm">Altogether</a> <a href="/ezekiel/45-23.htm">Bullocks</a> <a href="/ezekiel/45-23.htm">Bulls</a> <a href="/hosea/11-6.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/hosea/10-4.htm">Field</a> <a href="/hosea/10-4.htm">Fields</a> <a href="/hosea/10-10.htm">Furrows</a> <a href="/hosea/6-8.htm">Gilead</a> <a href="/hosea/9-15.htm">Gilgal</a> <a href="/lamentations/4-5.htm">Heaps</a> <a href="/job/30-6.htm">Hollows</a> <a href="/hosea/12-4.htm">Indeed</a> <a href="/hosea/12-8.htm">Iniquity</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-26.htm">Masses</a> <a href="/hosea/4-2.htm">Nought</a> <a href="/hosea/9-4.htm">Offerings</a> <a href="/daniel/5-21.htm">Oxen</a> <a href="/daniel/2-5.htm">Piles</a> <a href="/hosea/10-13.htm">Ploughed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/17-10.htm">Quite</a> <a href="/hosea/11-2.htm">Sacrifice</a> <a href="/hosea/3-4.htm">Stone</a> <a href="/hosea/10-2.htm">Stones</a> <a href="/hosea/12-8.htm">Surely</a> <a href="/hosea/8-8.htm">Value</a> <a href="/hosea/5-11.htm">Vanity</a> <a href="/hosea/7-12.htm">Wicked</a> <a href="/hosea/10-4.htm">Worthless</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/amos/3-14.htm">Altars</a> <a href="/john/8-25.htm">Altogether</a> <a href="/hosea/14-2.htm">Bullocks</a> <a href="/hosea/14-2.htm">Bulls</a> <a href="/hosea/13-1.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/hosea/12-12.htm">Field</a> <a href="/joel/1-10.htm">Fields</a> <a href="/job/31-38.htm">Furrows</a> <a href="/amos/1-3.htm">Gilead</a> <a href="/amos/4-4.htm">Gilgal</a> <a href="/micah/3-12.htm">Heaps</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-37.htm">Hollows</a> <a href="/joel/1-12.htm">Indeed</a> <a href="/hosea/13-12.htm">Iniquity</a> <a href="/joel/3-14.htm">Masses</a> <a href="/amos/5-5.htm">Nought</a> <a href="/joel/1-9.htm">Offerings</a> <a href="/joel/1-18.htm">Oxen</a> <a href="/nahum/3-3.htm">Piles</a> <a href="/amos/6-12.htm">Ploughed</a> <a href="/habakkuk/3-9.htm">Quite</a> <a href="/hosea/13-2.htm">Sacrifice</a> <a href="/amos/5-11.htm">Stone</a> <a href="/micah/1-6.htm">Stones</a> <a href="/joel/2-1.htm">Surely</a> <a href="/amos/6-13.htm">Value</a> <a href="/amos/5-5.htm">Vanity</a> <a href="/jonah/3-8.htm">Wicked</a> <a href="/jonah/2-8.htm">Worthless</a><div class="vheading2">Hosea 12</div>1. <a href="/hosea/12-1.htm">A reproof of Ephraim, Judah, and Jacob.</a> 3. <a href="/hosea/12-3.htm">By former favors he exhorts to repentance.</a> 7. <a href="/hosea/12-7.htm">Ephraim's sins provoke God.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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Gilead, a region east of the Jordan River, was known for its balm and fertile land. Historically, it was a place of refuge and healing, yet here it is questioned for iniquity. This rhetorical question implies the presence of sin and corruption, contrasting its reputation. The region's spiritual decline reflects Israel's broader unfaithfulness to God, as seen in other prophetic writings like <a href="/jeremiah/8-22.htm">Jeremiah 8:22</a>, where Gilead's balm is mentioned in the context of spiritual sickness.They will surely come to nothing. This phrase indicates the futility of Gilead's iniquity. Despite their efforts and prosperity, their actions will lead to emptiness and destruction. This echoes the biblical principle that sin ultimately leads to ruin, as seen in <a href="/proverbs/14-12.htm">Proverbs 14:12</a>, which warns that the way that seems right to a man ends in death. The prophetic message is clear: without repentance, their endeavors will be fruitless.Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal? Gilgal was a significant site in Israel's history, associated with the Israelites' first encampment after crossing the Jordan and the renewal of the covenant (<a href="/joshua/4-19.htm">Joshua 4:19-24</a>). However, it became a center of idolatrous worship, as indicated in <a href="/amos/4-4.htm">Amos 4:4</a>. The mention of sacrificing bulls suggests a continuation of ritualistic practices devoid of true devotion to God, highlighting the people's misplaced trust in religious formalism rather than genuine faith.Indeed, their altars will be heaps of stones in the furrows of the field. This imagery of altars becoming heaps of stones signifies the destruction of their places of worship. The altars, once central to their religious practices, will be reduced to rubble, scattered like stones in a plowed field. This prophecy underscores the judgment awaiting those who forsake God for idolatry. It also serves as a reminder of the impermanence of human constructs compared to the eternal nature of God's covenant, as seen in <a href="/isaiah/40-8.htm">Isaiah 40:8</a>, which contrasts the fleeting nature of human endeavors with the enduring word of God.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/g/gilead.htm">Gilead</a> A region east of the Jordan River, known for its balm and fertile land. In this context, it represents a place of iniquity and idolatry. 2. <a href="/topical/g/gilgal.htm">Gilgal</a> A significant location in Israel's history, often associated with religious rituals. Here, it symbolizes the corruption of worship practices. 3. <a href="/topical/s/sacrificing_bulls.htm">Sacrificing Bulls</a> A practice meant for worship and atonement, but in this context, it is corrupted and meaningless due to the people's idolatry. 4. <a href="/topical/a/altars.htm">Altars</a> Structures for offering sacrifices to God, which have become corrupted and are prophesied to become mere heaps of stones. 5. <a href="/topical/f/furrows_of_the_field.htm">Furrows of the Field</a> Symbolizing the futility and destruction of false worship, as the altars will be reduced to rubble scattered in the fields.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_empty_rituals.htm">The Danger of Empty Rituals</a> Religious practices without genuine faith and obedience are worthless in God's eyes. True worship requires a heart aligned with God's will. <a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_idolatry.htm">The Consequences of Idolatry</a> Idolatry leads to spiritual decay and judgment. We must guard against allowing anything to take God's rightful place in our lives. <a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_authentic_worship.htm">The Call to Authentic Worship</a> God desires worship that is sincere and rooted in truth. We should examine our worship practices to ensure they reflect a true relationship with God. <a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_restoration.htm">Repentance and Restoration</a> Even when we stray, God offers a path to restoration through repentance. We must be willing to turn from our sins and seek His forgiveness. <a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_spiritual_discernment.htm">The Importance of Spiritual Discernment</a> We need discernment to recognize when our practices have become mere rituals. Regular self-examination and alignment with Scripture are essential.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_hosea_12.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Hosea 12</a> <a href="/q/how_did_early_israelites_offer_firstfruits.htm">How did early Israelites fulfill the centralized requirement of bringing firstfruits (Deuteronomy 26) before a formal temple or priesthood was consistently established?</a> <a href="/q/how_does_hosea_9_15_show_god's_love.htm">In Hosea 9:15, how do we reconcile an 'all-loving' God with the statement that God hates His people in Gilgal?</a> <a href="/q/how_is_israel_'swallowed'_yet_distinct.htm">Hosea 8:8: How do we reconcile Israel being 'swallowed up' by other nations with promises of their continued distinct identity?</a> <a href="/q/is_there_archaeological_proof_of_idol_worship.htm">In Hosea 11:2, is there concrete archaeological evidence of Israel's widespread idol worship to affirm or dispute the prophet's accusation?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/hosea/12.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(11) Translate, If Gilead be worthless, surely they have become nought. In Gilgal they sacrificed bullocks; their altars also are like heaps upon the field's furrows, referring to a past event, the desolating invasion of Gilead by Tiglath-pileser, in 734 B.C. To this military expedition we have undoubted references in the inscriptions of Tiglath-pileser II. But unfortunately they are in a very mutilated condition. From one passage we learn:--"The city Gil [ead] and [A] bel [Maacha] which is on this side the land Beth Omri (Samaria) the distant . . . I joined in its whole extent to the territory of Assyria." The biblical passage, <a href="/2_kings/15-29.htm" title="In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abelbethmaachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria.">2Kings 15:29</a>, supplements this account by stating that Napntali and Galilee also fell victims to the victorious arms of the invader. From the verse before us we infer that Gilgal, on the western bank of the Jordan near Jericho (see Note on 4:15), likewise felt the heavy hand of the conqueror, or perhaps the inhabitants fled in panic and the local shrines became deserted ruins. From this time forth we hear no more of Gilgal as a religious centre. Nowack, however, follows Ewald in regarding the passage as prophetic of a coming calamity. (See Introduction.) In the word for "heaps" (gallim) there is a play on the name Gilgal. <a href="/commentaries/hosea/12-11.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Is there אִם־ (’im-) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_518.htm">Strong's 518: </a> Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not iniquity אָ֙וֶן֙ (’ā·wen) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_205.htm">Strong's 205: </a> Strictly nothingness, trouble, vanity, wickedness, an idol [in] Gilead? גִּלְעָ֥ד (gil·‘āḏ) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1568.htm">Strong's 1568: </a> Gilead -- a region in Palestine, also the name of several Israelites They will surely אַךְ־ (’aḵ-) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_389.htm">Strong's 389: </a> A particle of affirmation, surely come הָי֔וּ (hā·yū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> To fall out, come to pass, become, be to nothing. שָׁ֣וְא (šāw) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7723.htm">Strong's 7723: </a> Evil, idolatry, uselessness Do they sacrifice זִבֵּ֑חוּ (zib·bê·ḥū) Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2076.htm">Strong's 2076: </a> To slaughter for sacrifice bulls שְׁוָרִ֣ים (šə·wā·rîm) Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7794.htm">Strong's 7794: </a> A head of cattle (bullock, ox, etcetera) in Gilgal? בַּגִּלְגָּ֖ל (bag·gil·gāl) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1537.htm">Strong's 1537: </a> Gilgal -- 'circle (of stones)', the name of several places in Palestine Indeed, גַּ֤ם (gam) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1571.htm">Strong's 1571: </a> Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and their altars [will be] מִזְבְּחוֹתָם֙ (miz·bə·ḥō·w·ṯām) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4196.htm">Strong's 4196: </a> An altar heaps of stones כְּגַלִּ֔ים (kə·ḡal·lîm) Preposition-k | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1530.htm">Strong's 1530: </a> Something rolled, a heap of stone, dung, a spring of water in עַ֖ל (‘al) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against the furrows תַּלְמֵ֥י (tal·mê) Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8525.htm">Strong's 8525: </a> A bank, terrace of the field. שָׂדָֽי׃ (śā·ḏāy) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7704.htm">Strong's 7704: </a> Field, land <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/hosea/12-11.htm">Hosea 12:11 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/hosea/12-11.htm">Hosea 12:11 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/hosea/12-11.htm">Hosea 12:11 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/hosea/12-11.htm">Hosea 12:11 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/hosea/12-11.htm">Hosea 12:11 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/hosea/12-11.htm">Hosea 12:11 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/hosea/12-11.htm">Hosea 12:11 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/hosea/12-11.htm">Hosea 12:11 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/hosea/12-11.htm">Hosea 12:11 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/hosea/12-11.htm">Hosea 12:11 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/hosea/12-11.htm">OT Prophets: Hosea 12:11 If Gilead is wicked surely they (Ho Hs Hos.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/hosea/12-10.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Hosea 12:10"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Hosea 12:10" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/hosea/12-12.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Hosea 12:12"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Hosea 12:12" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>