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Hosea 12

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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.

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. [#*]

³ ¶ He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God: [#†]

⁴ Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in Beth-el, and there he spake with us;

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

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

⁷ ¶ He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress. [#‡] [#§]

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. [#**] [#††]

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.

¹⁰ I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets. [#‡‡]

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.

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

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

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. [#§§] [#***]

#	KJV 06
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.
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. [#*]
3	¶ He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God: [#†]
4	Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in Beth-el, and there he spake with us;
5	Even the LORD God of hosts; the LORD is his memorial.
6	Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.
7	¶ He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress. [#‡] [#§]
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. [#**] [#††]
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.
10	I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets. [#‡‡]
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.
12	And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.
13	And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved.
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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