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What does Hosea 12:13 mean?
"By a prophet Yahweh brought Israel up out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was preserved."
— Hosea 12:13 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
I have also spoken to the prophets, and I have multiplied visions; and by the ministry of the prophets I have used parables.
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.
Jacob fled into the country of Aram, and Israel served to get a wife, and for a wife he tended flocks and herds.
By a prophet Yahweh brought Israel up out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was preserved.
Ephraim has bitterly provoked anger. Therefore his blood will be left on him, and his Lord will repay his contempt.
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