Hosea 12:7-11

Modern English Version

⁷ A merchant, in whose hands are deceitful balances,
    he loves to oppress.
⁸ Ephraim said,
    “Yet I am rich, I have found wealth for myself.
In all my labors, they shall find no offense in me
    that would be sin.”

⁹ I am the Lord your God
    from the land of Egypt.
I will again make you to dwell in tents,
    as in the days of the appointed feast.
¹⁰ I have spoken by the prophets,
    and I have multiplied visions,
    and through the prophets I will bring destruction.^[a]

¹¹ In Gilead there is iniquity;
    surely they will come to nothing.
In Gilgal they sacrifice bulls,
    so their altars will be like stone heaps
    in the furrows of the fields.