Hosea 12:7-14

New International Version

⁷ The merchant uses dishonest scales^(A)
    and loves to defraud.
⁸ Ephraim boasts,^(B)
    “I am very rich; I have become wealthy.^(C)
With all my wealth they will not find in me
    any iniquity or sin.”

⁹ “I have been the Lord your God
    ever since you came out of Egypt;^(D)
I will make you live in tents^(E) again,
    as in the days of your appointed festivals.
¹⁰ I spoke to the prophets,
    gave them many visions
    and told parables^(F) through them.”^(G)

¹¹ Is Gilead wicked?^(H)
    Its people are worthless!
Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal?^(I)
    Their altars will be like piles of stones
    on a plowed field.^(J)
12 Jacob fled to the country of Aram^[a];^(K)
    Israel served to get a wife,
    and to pay for her he tended sheep.^(L)
13 The Lord used a prophet to bring Israel up from Egypt,^(M)
    by a prophet he cared for him.^(N)
14 But Ephraim has aroused his bitter anger;
    his Lord will leave on him the guilt of his bloodshed^(O)
    and will repay him for his contempt.^(P)