Hosea12

Previous chapter, Next chapter, Previous Book, Next Book
(Hos 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.
(Hos 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.
(Hos 12:3) He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God:
(Hos 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;
(Hos 12:5) Even the Lord God of hosts; the Lord {is} his memorial.
(Hos 12:6) Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment and wait on thy God continually.
(Hos 12:7) {He is} a merchant, the balances of deceit {are} in his hand: he loveth to oppress.
(Hos 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.
(Hos 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.
(Hos 12:10) I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets.
(Hos 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.
(Hos 12:12) And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept {sheep}.
(Hos 12:13) And by a prophet the Lord brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved.
(Hos 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.
Previous chapter, Next chapter, Previous Book, Next Book