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Hosea 12

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¹ Ephraim chases [1] the wind ⓐ and pursues the east wind. ⓑ He continually multiplies lies and violence. He makes a covenant with Assyria, ⓒ and olive oil is carried to Egypt. ⓓ

² The LORD also has a dispute with Judah. He is about to punish Jacob according to his conduct; ⓔ he will repay him based on his actions.

³ In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel, ⓕ and as an adult he wrestled with God. ⓖ

⁴ Jacob struggled with the angel and prevailed; he wept and sought his favor. ⓗ He found him at Bethel, ⓘ and there he spoke with him. [2] ⓙ

⁵ The LORD is the God of Armies; the LORD is his name. ⓚ

⁶ But you must return to your God. ⓛ Maintain love and justice, ⓜ and always put your hope in God. ⓝ

⁷ A merchant loves to extort ⓐ with dishonest scales in his hands. ⓑ

⁸ But Ephraim thinks, “How rich I have become; ⓒ I made it all myself. In all my earnings, no one can find any iniquity in me ⓓ that I can be punished for!” [3]

⁹ I have been the LORD your God ever since [4] the land of Egypt. ⓔ I will make you live in tents again, ⓕ as in the festival days.

¹⁰ I will speak through the prophets ⓖ and grant many visions; I will give parables through the prophets. ⓗ

¹¹ Since Gilead is full of evil, ⓘ they will certainly come to nothing. They sacrifice bulls in Gilgal; ⓙ even their altars will be like piles of rocks ⓚ on the furrows of a field.

¹² Jacob fled to the territory of Aram. ⓛ Israel worked to earn a wife; ⓜ he tended flocks for a wife. ⓝ

¹³ The LORD brought Israel from Egypt by a prophet, ⓐ and Israel was tended by a prophet.

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1	Ephraim chases [1] the wind ⓐ and pursues the east wind. ⓑ He continually multiplies lies and violence. He makes a covenant with Assyria, ⓒ and olive oil is carried to Egypt. ⓓ
2	The LORD also has a dispute with Judah. He is about to punish Jacob according to his conduct; ⓔ he will repay him based on his actions.
3	In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel, ⓕ and as an adult he wrestled with God. ⓖ
4	Jacob struggled with the angel and prevailed; he wept and sought his favor. ⓗ He found him at Bethel, ⓘ and there he spoke with him. [2] ⓙ
5	The LORD is the God of Armies; the LORD is his name. ⓚ
6	But you must return to your God. ⓛ Maintain love and justice, ⓜ and always put your hope in God. ⓝ
7	A merchant loves to extort ⓐ with dishonest scales in his hands. ⓑ
8	But Ephraim thinks, “How rich I have become; ⓒ I made it all myself. In all my earnings, no one can find any iniquity in me ⓓ that I can be punished for!” [3]
9	I have been the LORD your God ever since [4] the land of Egypt. ⓔ I will make you live in tents again, ⓕ as in the festival days.
10	I will speak through the prophets ⓖ and grant many visions; I will give parables through the prophets. ⓗ
11	Since Gilead is full of evil, ⓘ they will certainly come to nothing. They sacrifice bulls in Gilgal; ⓙ even their altars will be like piles of rocks ⓚ on the furrows of a field.
12	Jacob fled to the territory of Aram. ⓛ Israel worked to earn a wife; ⓜ he tended flocks for a wife. ⓝ
13	The LORD brought Israel from Egypt by a prophet, ⓐ and Israel was tended by a prophet.
14	Ephraim has provoked bitter anger, ⓑ so his Lord will leave his bloodguilt on him ⓒ and repay him for his contempt. ⓓ

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