I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets. 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. And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep. And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved.
Ephraim provoked Him to anger most bitterly: therefore shall He leave his blood upon him, and his reproach shall his Lord return unto him.”  Hosea 12:10-14  (KJB)

REFERENCES: Hosea 12; Jeremiah 25:4; Amos 7:14; Acts 2:17; 3:22-23; 7:35-37; 2 Corinthians 12:1, 7; Psalm 77:20; Ezekiel 18:13