Bible, King James Version
Hosea
Hos.12
[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 Bethel, 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.
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