12Hosea 12

1Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he daily multiplieth lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt.Select Hosea 12:1

2The LORD hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him.Select Hosea 12:2

3He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God:Select Hosea 12:3

4Yes, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication to him: he found him [in] Beth-el, and there he spoke with us;Select Hosea 12:4

5Even the LORD God of hosts; the LORD [is] his memorial.Select Hosea 12:5

6Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.Select Hosea 12:6

7[He is] a merchant, the balances of deceit [are] in his hand: he loveth to oppress.Select Hosea 12:7

8And Ephraim said, Yet I have become rich, I have found for myself substance: [in] all my labors they shall find no iniquity in me that [were] sin.Select Hosea 12:8

9And 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.Select Hosea 12:9

10I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes by the ministry of the prophets.Select Hosea 12:10

11[Is there] iniquity [in] Gilead? surely they are vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yes, their altars [are] as heaps in the furrows of the fields.Select Hosea 12:11

12And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept [sheep].Select Hosea 12:12

13And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved.Select Hosea 12:13

14Ephraim provoked [him] to anger most bitterly: therefore will he leave his blood upon him, and his reproach will his Lord return to him.Select Hosea 12:14