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10 I have spoken by the prophets,
    and I have multiplied visions,
    and through the prophets I will bring destruction.[a]

11 In Gilead there is iniquity;
    surely they will come to nothing.
In Gilgal they sacrifice bulls,
    so their altars will be like stone heaps
    in the furrows of the fields.
12 Jacob fled to the land of Aram,
    and Israel served for a wife,
    and for a wife he kept sheep.

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  1. Hosea 12:10 Or speak in parables.

10 I spoke to the prophets,
    gave them many visions
    and told parables(A) through them.”(B)

11 Is Gilead wicked?(C)
    Its people are worthless!
Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal?(D)
    Their altars will be like piles of stones
    on a plowed field.(E)
12 Jacob fled to the country of Aram[a];(F)
    Israel served to get a wife,
    and to pay for her he tended sheep.(G)

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  1. Hosea 12:12 That is, Northwest Mesopotamia