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Hosea 12:10

Sin

8 And Ephraim boasts: “How rich I have become! I have found wealth for myself. In all my labors, they can find in me no iniquity that is sinful.”

9 But I am the LORD your God ever since the land of Egypt. I will again make you dwell in tents, as in the days of the appointed feast.

I spoke through the prophets and multiplied their visions; I gave parables through the prophets.

11 Is there iniquity in Gilead? They will surely come to nothing. Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal? Indeed, their altars will be heaps of stones in the furrows of the field.

12 Jacob fled to the land of Aram and Israel worked for a wife— for a wife he tended sheep.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
I spoke through the prophets and multiplied their visions; I gave parables through the prophets.
KJV
I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets.
WEB
I have also spoken to the prophets, and I have multiplied visions; and by the ministry of the prophets I have used parables.
ASV
I have also spoken unto the prophets, and I have multiplied visions; and by the ministry of the prophets have I used similitudes.
DARBY
And I have spoken to the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and by means of the prophets have I used similitudes.
BLB
And I have spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and by the hand of the prophets I have given parables.
ÅB
Jeg har talt til profetene, og jeg har latt dem se syner i mengde, og gjennom profetene har jeg talt i lignelser.
OTB
Jeg har også talt til profetene,
Og gitt mange syner,
Og gjennom profetene har jeg formidlet budskap.
B1930
Jeg har talt til profetene, og jeg har latt dem se syner i mengde, og gjennem profetene har jeg talt i lignelser. ennustukset annan, ja prophetain kautta minuni julistan.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 2 Kings 17:13

    Yet through all His prophets and seers, the LORD warned Israel and Judah, saying, “Turn from your wicked ways and keep My commandments and statutes, according to the entire Law that I commanded your fathers and delivered to you through My servants the prophets.”

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  • Ezekiel 20:49

    Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD, they are saying of me, ‘Is he not just telling parables?’”

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  • Jeremiah 7:25

    From the day your fathers came out of the land of Egypt until this day, I have sent you all My servants the prophets again and again.

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  • Joel 2:28

    And afterward, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions.

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  • Jeremiah 19:1

    This is what the LORD says: “Go and buy a clay jar from a potter. Take some of the elders of the people and leaders of the priests,

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  • Isaiah 20:2–5

    the LORD had already spoken through Isaiah son of Amoz, saying, “Go, remove the sackcloth from your waist and the sandals from your feet.” And Isaiah did so, walking around naked and barefoot.

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  • Amos 7:14

    “I was not a prophet,” Amos replied, “nor was I the son of a prophet; rather, I was a herdsman and a tender of sycamore-fig trees.

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  • Jeremiah 13:1–14

    This is what the LORD said to me: “Go and buy yourself a linen loincloth and put it around your waist, but do not let it touch water.”

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