World English Bible

Hosea 12:9

“But I am Yahweh your God from the land of Egypt. I will yet again make you dwell in tents, as in the days of the solemn feast.”

Verse in context — Hosea 12

A merchant has dishonest scales in his hand. He loves to defraud.

Ephraim said, "Surely I have become rich, I have found myself wealth. In all my wealth they won't find in me any iniquity that is sin.

But I am Yahweh your God from the land of Egypt. I will yet again make you dwell in tents, as in the days of the solemn feast.

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.

God’s steadfast love for His unfaithful people, symbolized through Hosea’s marriage.