KJV King James Version
[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.
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Hosea 12:11
[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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.
WEB World English Bible
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 American Standard Version
Is Gilead iniquity? they are altogether false; in Gilgal they sacrifice bullocks; yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the field.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Surely Gilead is iniquity, Only, vanity they have been, In Gilead bullocks they have sacrificed, Also their altars are as heaps, on the furrows of a field.
Surrounding context — Hosea 12
8 And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: [in] all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that [were] sin.
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.
11 [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.
14 Ephraim provoked [him] to anger most bitterly: therefore shall he leave his blood upon him, and his reproach shall his Lord return unto him.
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אִם־H518 · imifגִּלְעָ֥דH1568 · gil.adGileadאָ֙וֶן֙H205 · a.venevil: wickednessאַךְ־H389 · akhsurelyשָׁ֣וְאH7723 · shavvanity: falseהָי֔וּH1961 · ha.yahto beבַּגִּלְגָּ֖לH1537 · gil.galGilgalשְׁוָרִ֣יםH7794 · shorcattleזִבֵּ֑חוּH2076 · za.vachto sacrificeגַּ֤םH1571 · gamalsoמִזְבְּחוֹתָם֙H4196 · miz.be.achaltarכְּגַלִּ֔יםH1530 · galheapעַ֖לH5921 · aluponתַּלְמֵ֥יH8525 · te.lemfurrowשָׂדָֽי׃H7704 · sa.daySirion
Cross-references
Hosea 8:11Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin.Hosea 6:8Gilead [is] a city of them that work iniquity, [and is] polluted with blood.Hosea 4:15Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, [yet] let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Bethaven, nor swear, The LORD liveth.Hosea 9:15All 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.Hosea 10:1Israel [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.2 Kings 17:9-11And 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.Jeremiah 10:15They [are] vanity, [and] the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.Jeremiah 2:28But where [are] thy gods that thou hast made thee? let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for [according to] the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah.Amos 4:4Come to Bethel, and transgress; at Gilgal multiply transgression; and bring your sacrifices every morning, [and] your tithes after three years:1 Kings 17:1And 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.Jeremiah 2:20For 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.Jonah 2:8They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.Jeremiah 10:8But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock [is] a doctrine of vanities.Amos 5:5But seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beersheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nought.
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