Hosea Chapter 12

12 : 1 Ephraim feeds on wind, and follows after the east wind. He continually multiplies lies and desolation. And they make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried into Egypt.

12 : 2 Jehovah has also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways. He will recompense him according to his doings.

12 : 3 In the womb he took his brother by the heel, and in his manhood he had strength with God.

12 : 4 Yea, he had strength over the agent, and prevailed, as he wept, and made supplication to him. He found him at Bethel, and there he spoke with us.

12 : 5 Even Jehovah, the God of hosts, Jehovah is his memorial.

12 : 6 Therefore turn thou to thy God. Keep kindness and justice, and wait for thy God continually.

12 : 7 He is a Canaanite. The balances of deceit are in his hand. He loves to oppress.

12 : 8 And Ephraim said, Surely I have become rich. I have found wealth for myself. In all my labors they shall find no iniquity in me that is sin.

12 : 9 But I am Jehovah thy God from the land of Egypt. I will yet again make thee to dwell in tents, as in the days of the solemn feast.

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

12 : 11 Is Gilead iniquity? They are altogether false. In Gilgal they sacrifice bullocks. Yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the field.

12 : 12 And Jacob fled into the field of Aram, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.

12 : 13 And by a prophet Jehovah brought Israel up out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was preserved.

12 : 14 Ephraim has provoked to anger most bitterly. Therefore his blood shall be left upon him, and his reproach his Lord shall return to him.