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I have become wealthy.</p><p class="line1">With all my wealth they will not find in me</p><p class="line2">any iniquity or sin.”</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/12-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>“I have been the <span class="name">Lord</span> your God</p><p class="line2">ever since you came out of Egypt;</p><p class="line1">I will make you live in tents again,</p><p class="line2">as in the days of your appointed festivals.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/12-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>I spoke to the prophets,</p><p class="line2">gave them many visions</p><p class="line2">and told parables through them.”</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/12-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Is Gilead wicked?</p><p class="line2">Its people are worthless!</p><p class="line1">Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal?</p><p class="line2">Their altars will be like piles of stones</p><p class="line2">on a plowed field.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/12-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Jacob fled to the country of Aram <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="That is, Northwest Mesopotamia">b</a></sup></span> ;</p><p class="line2">Israel served to get a wife,</p><p class="line2">and to pay for her he tended sheep.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/12-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>The <span class="name">Lord</span> used a prophet to bring Israel up from Egypt,</p><p class="line2">by a prophet he cared for him.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/12-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>But Ephraim has aroused his bitter anger;</p><p class="line2">his Lord will leave on him the guilt of his bloodshed</p><p class="line2">and will repay him for his contempt.</p></div><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="footnotes"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">2</span> <span class="footnotebot"><i>Jacob</i> means <i>he grasps the heel</i>, a Hebrew idiom for <i>he takes advantage of</i> or <i>he deceives</i>.</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">12</span> <span class="footnotebot">That is, Northwest Mesopotamia</span><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><p class="ntext"><a href="http://niv.scripturetext.com/version.htm">New International Version</a> (NIV)</p><p class="ntext2">Holy Bible, New International Version&reg, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by <a href="http://biblica.com">Biblica, Inc.</a>® Used by permission. 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