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12:1
Ephraim feeds on wind
And follows the east wind continually;
He multiplies lies and violence.
They make a covenant with
aAssyria,
And oil is carried into Egypt.
Hosea 12
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12:2
Jehovah has also a
acontroversy with Judah
And will punish Jacob according to his ways;
According to his doings He will recompense him.
Hosea 12
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12:3
In the womb he
agrasped his brother by the heel,
And in his full strength he contended with God.
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12:4
Indeed he
acontended with the
1Angel and prevailed;
He wept and made supplication to Him.
At
bBethel he found Him;
And there He spoke with us,
Hosea 12
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12:5
Even Jehovah the God of hosts;
Jehovah is His memorial.
Hosea 12
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12:6
And you,
areturn there to your God;
Keep lovingkindness and justice,
And
bwait on your God continually.
Hosea 12
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12:7
He is a merchant;
In his hand are balances of deceit;
He loves to extort.
Hosea 12
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12:8
And Ephraim said,
I have surely become rich;
I have found wealth for myself.
In all my labors
They will find with me
No iniquity, which would be sin.
Hosea 12
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12:9
aBut I have been Jehovah your God
Since the land of Egypt;
Yet again I will cause you to dwell in
btents As in the days of the appointed feast.
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12:10
I have also spoken unto the prophets:
And I have multiplied vision,
And through the prophets I have used similitudes.
Hosea 12
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12:11
Is aGilead iniquity? They are altogether vanity.
In
bGilgal they sacrifice oxen;
Indeed their altars are like heaps
In the furrows of a field.
Hosea 12
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12:12
And Jacob fled into the country of
1aAram;
And Israel
bserved for a wife,
And for a wife he kept
sheep.
Hosea 12
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12:13
And by a
aprophet Jehovah brought Israel up from Egypt,
And by a prophet he was kept.
Hosea 12
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12:14
Ephraim aprovoked Him to bitter anger;
Therefore his Lord will leave his bloodshed upon him
And will recompense him with his own reproach.
