Hosea 12:7-14

7A 1merchant, in whose hands are fraudulent 2balances, Loves to exploit.8And Ephraim said, “I have certainly become 3rich, I have found wealth for myself; In all my labors they will find in me 4No wrongdoing, which would be sin.”9But I have been the Lord your God since the land of Egypt; I will make you 5live in tents again, As in the days of the appointed festival.10I have also spoken to the 6prophets, And I 7provided many visions, And through the prophets I spoke in 8parables.11Is there injustice in Gilead? Certainly they are worthless. In Gilgal they sacrifice bulls, Yes, 9their altars are like stone heaps Beside the furrows of a field.

12Now 10Jacob fled to the 11land of Aram, And 12Israel worked for a wife, And for a wife he kept sheep.13But by a 13prophet the Lord brought Israel up from Egypt, And by a prophet he was protected.1414Ephraim has provoked God to bitter anger; So his Lord will leave his 15guilt for bloodshed on him And bring his 16disgrace back to him.