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      Hosea

      Hosea

      Chapter 12 of 14

      Hosea 12 (Listen)

      12:1   Ephraim feeds on the wind
          and pursues the east wind all day long;
        they multiply falsehood and violence;
          they make a covenant with Assyria,
          and oil is carried to Egypt.

      The Lord’s Indictment of Israel and Judah

      2   The LORD has an indictment against Judah
          and will punish Jacob according to his ways;
          he will repay him according to his deeds.
      3   In the womb he took his brother by the heel,
          and in his manhood he strove with God.
      4   He strove with the angel and prevailed;
          he wept and sought his favor.
        He met God1 at Bethel,
          and there God spoke with us—
      5   the LORD, the God of hosts,
          the LORD is his memorial name:
      6   “So you, by the help of your God, return,
          hold fast to love and justice,
          and wait continually for your God.”
      7   A merchant, in whose hands are false balances,
          he loves to oppress.
      8   Ephraim has said, “Ah, but I am rich;
          I have found wealth for myself;
        in all my labors they cannot find in me iniquity or sin.”
      9   I am the LORD your God
          from the land of Egypt;
        I will again make you dwell in tents,
          as in the days of the appointed feast.
      10   I spoke to the prophets;
          it was I who multiplied visions,
          and through the prophets gave parables.
      11   If there is iniquity in Gilead,
          they shall surely come to nothing:
        in Gilgal they sacrifice bulls;
          their altars also are like stone heaps
          on the furrows of the field.
      12   Jacob fled to the land of Aram;
          there Israel served for a wife,
          and for a wife he guarded sheep.
      13   By a prophet the LORD brought Israel up from Egypt,
          and by a prophet he was guarded.
      14   Ephraim has given bitter provocation;
          so his Lord will leave his bloodguilt on him
          and will repay him for his disgraceful deeds.

      Hosea - 12:4 Hebrew him

      Hosea

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      Hosea

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