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The Book of Hosea, Chapter 12, Verse 13

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12
And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept [sheep].
King James Version
And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved.
American Standard Version
And by a prophet Jehovah brought Israel up out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved.
New English Translation
The LORD brought Israel out of Egypt by a prophet, and due to a prophet Israel was preserved alive.
World English Bible
By a prophet Yahweh brought Israel up out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was 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.
1
When Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted himself in Israel; but when he offended in Baal, he died.
2
And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, [and] idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves.
3
Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the early dew that passeth away, as the chaff [that] is driven with the whirlwind out of the floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.
4
Yet I [am] the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou shalt know no god but me: for [there is] no saviour beside me.
5
I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.
6
According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me.
7
Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe [them]:
8
I will meet them as a bear [that is] bereaved [of her whelps], and will rend the caul of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them.
9
O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me [is] thine help.