Hosea 12:11-14

11The people in Gilead do wicked things. They will become as useless as their idols. At Gilgal, the people offer bulls as sacrifices on their altars. Those altars will be like heaps of stones in a farmer's field.’

12Jacob ran away to the land of Aram. He worked there as a shepherd so that he could get a wife.

13The Lord used a prophet to bring the Israelites out of Egypt. He used a prophet to keep them safe in the wilderness.

14But Ephraim's people have made the Lord very angry. He will punish them with death for their terrible sins. Their Lord will pay them back as they deserve, because they have insulted him.