HOSEA 12: 1 – 14

VERSE 1

Ho: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.

 

 

VERSE 2

Ho:12:2: The LORD hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him.

 

 

VERSE 3

Ho:12:3: He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God:

 

 

VERSE 4

Ho:12:4: 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;

 

 

VERSE 5

Ho:12:5: Even the LORD God of hosts; the LORD is his memorial.

 

 

VERSE 6

Ho:12:6: Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.

 

 

VERSE 7

Ho:12:7: He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.

 

 

VERSE 8

Ho:12:8: 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.

 

 

VERSE 9

Ho:12:9: 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.

 

 

 

VERSE 10

Ho:12:10: I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets.

 

 

 

VERSE 11

Ho:12:11: 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.

 

 

 

VERSE 12

Ho:12:12: And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.

 

 

 

VERSE 13

Ho:12:13: And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved.

 

 

VERSE 14

Ho:12:14: 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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