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Hosea
Chapter 12
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Hosea 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.
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Hosea 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.
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Hosea 12:3
He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God:
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Hosea 12:4
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;
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Hosea 12:5
Even the LORD God of hosts; the LORD is his memorial.
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Hosea 12:6
Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.
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Hosea 12:7
He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.
Source notes · Hosea 12:7
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- 7 oppress: or, deceive
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Hosea 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.
Source notes · Hosea 12:8
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- 8 that: Heb. which
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Hosea 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.
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Hosea 12:10
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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Hosea 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.
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Hosea 12:12
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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Hosea 12:13
And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved.
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Hosea 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.
Source notes · Hosea 12:14
Notes from this edition, separate from the reading. Original source text is retained.
- 14 blood: Heb. bloods
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