Hosea 12

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1 Ephraim feedeth on wind and followeth after the east wind he daily increaseth lies and desolation and they do make a covenant with the Assyrians and oil is carried into Egypt ⚑

2 The LORD hath also a controversy with Judah and will punish Jacob according to his ways according to his doings will he recompense him ⚑

3 He took his brother by the heel in the womb and by his strength he had power with God ⚑

4 Yea he had power over the angel and prevailed he wept and made supplication unto him he found him in Beth-el and there he spake with us ⚑

5 Even the LORD God of hosts the LORD is his memorial ⚑

6 Therefore turn thou to thy God keep mercy and judgment and wait on thy God continually ⚑

7 He is a merchant the balances of deceit are in his hand he loveth to oppress ⚑

8 And Ephraim said Yet I am become rich I have found me out substance in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin ⚑

9 And I that am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt will yet make thee to dwell in tabernacles as in the days of the solemn feast ⚑

10 I have also spoken by the prophets and I have multiplied visions and used similitudes by the ministry of the prophets ⚑

11 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 ⚑

12 And Jacob fled into the country of Syria and Israel served for a wife and for a wife he kept sheep ⚑

13 And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt and by a prophet was he 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 ⚑

King James Version (1769) with Apocrypha · Crosswire Bible Society / eBible.org (standard text of 1769) · Public Domain

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · public domain