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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. ⠀⠀⠀⠀

{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. ⠀⠀⠀⠀

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

{Hosea 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; ⠀⠀⠀⠀

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

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

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

{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. ⠀⠀⠀⠀

{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. ⠀⠀⠀⠀

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

{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. ⠀⠀⠀⠀

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

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

{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.

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