Ephraim said, “Surely I have become rich.
I have found myself wealth.
In all my wealth they won’t find in me any iniquity that is sin.”
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Hosea 12:8 in context
Hosea 12:5–11
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even the LORD, the God of Armies.
The LORD is his name of renown!
6
Therefore turn to your God.
Keep kindness and justice,
and wait continually for your God.
7
A merchant has dishonest scales in his hand.
He loves to defraud.
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Ephraim said, “Surely I have become rich.
I have found myself wealth.
In all my wealth they won’t find in me any iniquity that is sin.”
9
“But I am the LORD your God from the land of Egypt.
I will yet again make you dwell in tents,
as in the days of the solemn feast.
10
I have also spoken to the prophets,
and I have multiplied visions;
and by the ministry of the prophets I have used parables.
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If Gilead is wicked,
surely they are worthless.
In Gilgal they sacrifice bulls.
Indeed, their altars are like heaps in the furrows of the field.
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