# Hosea 12

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###### v1 
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. 

###### v2 
Yahweh also has a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his deeds he will repay him. 

###### v3 
In the womb he took his brother by the heel; and in his manhood he contended with God. 

###### v4 
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, 

###### v5 
even Yahweh, the God of Armies; Yahweh is his name of renown! 

###### v6 
Therefore turn to your God. Keep kindness and justice, and wait continually for your God. 

###### v7 
A merchant has dishonest scales in his hand. He loves to defraud. 

###### v8 
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." 

###### v9 
"But I am Yahweh your God from the land of Egypt. I will yet again make you dwell in tents, as in the days of the solemn feast. 

###### v10 
I have also spoken to the prophets, and I have multiplied visions; and by the ministry of the prophets I have used parables. 

###### v11 
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. 

###### v12 
Jacob fled into the country of Aram, and Israel served to get a wife, and for a wife he tended flocks and herds. 

###### v13 
By a prophet Yahweh brought Israel up out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was preserved. 

###### v14 
Ephraim has bitterly provoked anger. Therefore his blood will be left on him, and his Lord will repay his contempt.

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