Hosea 12:12-14

Good News Translation

^12 (A)Our ancestor Jacob had to flee to Mesopotamia, where, in order to get a wife, he worked for another man and took care of his sheep. ^13 (B)The Lord sent a prophet to rescue the people of Israel from slavery in Egypt and to take care of them. ¹⁴ The people of Israel have made the Lord bitterly angry; they deserve death for their crimes. Their Lord will punish them for the disgrace they have brought on him.