Hosea 12 : 16

Hosea 12

Verse: 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.

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Verse: 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.

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Verse: 3

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

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Verse: 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;

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Verse: 5

Even the lord God of hosts; the lord is his memorial.

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Verse: 6

Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.

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Verse: 7

He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.

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Verse: 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.

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Verse: 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.

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Verse: 10

I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets.

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Verse: 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.

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Verse: 12

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

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Verse: 13

And by a prophet the lord brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved.

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Verse: 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.