Hosea 12
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. 12:2 12:3 He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with
Elohim: 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; 12:5 Even 12:6 Therefore turn thou to thy Elohim: keep mercy and judgment and wait on thy Elohim
continually. 12:7 He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress. 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. 12:9 And I that am 12:10 I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used
similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets. 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. 12:12 And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a
wife he kept sheep. 12:13 And by a prophet 12:14 Ephraim provoked him to anger most bitterly: therefore shall he leave his blood
upon him, and his reproach shall his master return unto him.
hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his
ways; according to his doings will he recompense him.
Elohim of hosts;
is his memorial.
thy Elohim from the land of Egypt will yet make thee to dwell
in tabernacles, as in the days of the solemn feast.
brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he
preserved.