Hosea 12:11

⁹ And I that am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt will yet make thee to dwell in tabernacles, as in the days of the solemn feast.

¹⁰ I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets.

Is there iniquity in Gilead? surely they are vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the fields.

¹² And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.

¹³ And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved.

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.

Compare

BSB: 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.
KJV: Is there iniquity in Gilead? surely they are vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the fields.
WEB: 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.
ASV: Is Gilead iniquity? they are altogether false; in Gilgal they sacrifice bullocks; yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the field.
DARBY: If Gilead is iniquity, surely they are but vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the fields.
BLB: If iniquity [is] in Gilead, surely they are worthless; In Gilgal they sacrifice bulls; even their altars [are] as heaps over the furrows of the field.

ÅB: Er Gilead fullt av misgjerninger, så skal de også bli rent til intet; har de ofret okser i Gilgal, så skal og deres altere bli som steinrøyser langsmed markens furer.
OTB: Er det urett i Gilead?
Sannelig, de er uten verdi.
I Gilgal ofrer de okser,
Ja, deres altere er som steinhauger
Ved furenes kanter på en mark.
B1930: Er Gilead fullt av misgjerninger, så skal de også bli rent til intet; har de ofret okser i Gilgal, så skal og deres altere bli som stenrøser langsmed markens furer.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Hosea 4:15
Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Beth-aven, nor swear, The LORD liveth.
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Hosea 6:8
Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted with blood.
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Hosea 8:11
Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin.
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Hosea 9:15
All their wickedness is in Gilgal: for there I hated them: for the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of mine house, I will love them no more: all their princes are revolters.
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Hosea 10:1
Israel is an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: according to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased the altars; according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly images.
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2 Kings 17:9–11
And the children of Israel did secretly those things that were not right against the LORD their God, and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.
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Jeremiah 2:20
For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot.
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1 Kings 17:1
And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.
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