Hosea 12

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1. (Hos 12:1) Ephraim feeds on wind, and chases the east wind. He continually multiplies lies and desolation. They make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried into Egypt.
2. (Hos 12:2) Yahweh also has a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his deeds he will repay him.
3. (Hos 12:3) In the womb he took his brother by the heel; and in his manhood he contended with God.
4. (Hos 12:4) Indeed, he struggled with the angel, and prevailed; he wept, and made supplication to him. He found him at Bethel, and there he spoke with us,
5. (Hos 12:5) even Yahweh, the God of Armies; Yahweh is his name of renown!
6. (Hos 12:6) Therefore turn to your God. Keep kindness and justice, and wait continually for your God.
7. (Hos 12:7) A merchant has dishonest scales in his hand. He loves to defraud.
8. (Hos 12:8) Ephraim said, "Surely I have become rich, I have found myself wealth. In all my wealth they won't find in me any iniquity that is sin."
9. (Hos 12:9) "But I am Yahweh your God from the land of Egypt. I will yet again make you dwell in tents, as in the days of the solemn feast.
10. (Hos 12:10) I have also spoken to the prophets, and I have multiplied visions; and by the ministry of the prophets I have used parables.
11. (Hos 12:11) If Gilead is wicked, surely they are worthless. In Gilgal they sacrifice bulls. Indeed, their altars are like heaps in the furrows of the field.
12. (Hos 12:12) Jacob fled into the country of Aram, and Israel served to get a wife, and for a wife he tended flocks and herds.
13. (Hos 12:13) By a prophet Yahweh brought Israel up out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was preserved.
14. (Hos 12:14) Ephraim has bitterly provoked anger. Therefore his blood will be left on him, and his Lord will repay his contempt.