Hosea 12 : 1 (HCSB)
Ephraim chases the wind and pursues the east wind. He continually multiplies lies and violence. He makes a covenant with Assyria, and olive oil is carried to Egypt.
Hosea 12 : 2 (HCSB)
The LORD also has a dispute with Judah. He is about to punish Jacob according to his ways; He will repay him based on his actions.
Hosea 12 : 3 (HCSB)
In the womb he grasped his brother's heel, and as an adult he wrestled with God.
Hosea 12 : 4 (HCSB)
Jacob struggled with the Angel and prevailed; he wept and sought His favor. He found him at Bethel, and there He spoke with him.
Hosea 12 : 5 (HCSB)
Yahweh is the God of Hosts; Yahweh is His name.
Hosea 12 : 6 (HCSB)
But you must return to your God. Maintain love and justice, and always put your hope in God.
Hosea 12 : 7 (HCSB)
A merchant loves to extort with dishonest scales in his hands.
Hosea 12 : 8 (HCSB)
But Ephraim says: "How rich I have become; I made it all myself. In all my earnings, no one can find any crime in me that I can be punished for!"
Hosea 12 : 9 (HCSB)
I have been the LORD your God ever since the land of Egypt. I will make you live in tents again, as in the festival days.
Hosea 12 : 10 (HCSB)
I spoke through the prophets and granted many visions; I gave parables through the prophets.
Hosea 12 : 11 (HCSB)
Since Gilead is full of evil, they will certainly come to nothing. They sacrifice bulls in Gilgal; even their altars will be like heaps of rocks on the furrows of a field.
Hosea 12 : 12 (HCSB)
Jacob fled to the land of Aram. Israel worked to earn a wife; he tended flocks for a wife.
Hosea 12 : 13 (HCSB)
The LORD brought Israel from Egypt by a prophet, and Israel was tended by a prophet.
Hosea 12 : 14 (HCSB)
Ephraim has provoked bitter anger, so his Lord will leave his bloodguilt on him and repay him for his contempt.
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