Hosea 12

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1. (Hos 12:1) Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he continually multiplieth lies and desolation; and they make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried into Egypt.
2. (Hos 12:2) Jehovah hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him.
3. (Hos 12:3) In the womb he took his brother by the heel; and in his manhood he had power with God:
4. (Hos 12:4) yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed; he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him at Beth-el, and there he spake with us,
5. (Hos 12:5) @@even Jehovah, the God of hosts; Jehovah is his memorial @9name@7.
6. (Hos 12:6) Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep kindness and justice, and wait for thy God continually.
7. (Hos 12:7) @@@9He is@7 a trafficker, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.
8. (Hos 12:8) And Ephraim said, Surely I am become rich, I have found me wealth: in all my labors they shall find in me no iniquity that were sin.
9. (Hos 12:9) But I am Jehovah thy God from the land of Egypt; I will yet again make thee to dwell in tents, as in the days of the solemn feast.
10. (Hos 12:10) I have also spoken unto the prophets, and I have multiplied visions; and by the ministry of the prophets have I used similitudes.
11. (Hos 12:11) Is Gilead iniquity? they are altogether false; in Gilgal they sacrifice bullocks; yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the field.
12. (Hos 12:12) @@And Jacob fled into the field of Aram, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept @9sheep@7.
13. (Hos 12:13) And by a prophet Jehovah brought Israel up out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved.
14. (Hos 12:14) Ephraim hath provoked to anger most bitterly: therefore shall his blood be left upon him, and his reproach shall his Lord return unto him.