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"I spoke to the prophets; I myself revealed many visions; I spoke in parables through the prophets.”"
— Hosea 12:10, NET Bible
“I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets.”
“I have also spoken unto the prophets, and I have multiplied visions; and by the ministry of the prophets have I used similitudes. ”
“I have also spoken to the prophets, and I have multiplied visions; and by the ministry of the prophets I have used parables.”
“And I have spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and I have used similitudes by the ministry of the prophets.”
“My word came to the ears of the prophets and I gave them visions in great number, and by the mouths of the prophets I made use of comparisons.”
“I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets.”
The Lord Refutes Israel’s False Claim of Innocence The businessmen love to cheat; they use dishonest scales.
Ephraim boasts,“I am very rich! I have become wealthy! In all that I have done to gain my wealth, no one can accuse me of any offense that is actually sinful.”
“I am the LORD your God who brought you out of Egypt; I will make you live in tents again as in the days of old.
I spoke to the prophets; I myself revealed many visions; I spoke in parables through the prophets.”
Is there idolatry in Gilead? Certainly its inhabitants will come to nothing! Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal? Surely their altars will be like stones heaped up on a plowed field!
Jacob in Aram, Israel in Egypt, and Ephraim in Trouble Jacob fled to the country of Aram, then Israel worked to acquire a wife; he tended sheep to pay for her.
The LORD brought Israel out of Egypt by a prophet, and due to a prophet Israel was preserved alive.