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# Hosea 12

[1](#verse-1) Ephraim feeds on wind, and chases the east wind. He continually multiplies lies and desolation. They make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried into Egypt.

[2](#verse-2) The LORD also has a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his deeds he will repay him.

[3](#verse-3) In the womb he took his brother by the heel, and in his manhood he contended with God.

[4](#verse-4) Indeed, he struggled with the angel, and prevailed; he wept, and made supplication to him. He found him at Bethel, and there he spoke with us—

[5](#verse-5) even the LORD, the God of Armies. The LORD is his name of renown!

[6](#verse-6) Therefore turn to your God. Keep kindness and justice, and wait continually for your God.

[7](#verse-7) A merchant has dishonest scales in his hand. He loves to defraud.

[8](#verse-8) Ephraim said, “Surely I have become rich. I have found myself wealth. In all my wealth they won’t find in me any iniquity that is sin.”

[9](#verse-9) “But I am the LORD your God from the land of Egypt. I will yet again make you dwell in tents, as in the days of the solemn feast.

[10](#verse-10) I have also spoken to the prophets, and I have multiplied visions; and by the ministry of the prophets I have used parables.

[11](#verse-11) If Gilead is wicked, surely they are worthless. In Gilgal they sacrifice bulls. Indeed, their altars are like heaps in the furrows of the field.

[12](#verse-12) Jacob fled into the country of Aram. Israel served to get a wife. For a wife he tended flocks and herds.

[13](#verse-13) By a prophet the LORD brought Israel up out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was preserved.

[14](#verse-14) Ephraim has bitterly provoked anger. Therefore his blood will be left on him, and his Lord will repay his contempt.

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