Hosea 12 : 1 (NLT)
The people of Israel feed on the wind; they chase after the east wind all day long. They pile up lies and violence; they are making an alliance with Assyria while sending olive oil to buy support from Egypt.
Hosea 12 : 2 (NLT)
Now the LORD is bringing charges against Judah. He is about to punish Jacob for all his deceitful ways, and pay him back for all he has done.
Hosea 12 : 3 (NLT)
Even in the womb, Jacob struggled with his brother; when he became a man, he even fought with God.
Hosea 12 : 4 (NLT)
Yes, he wrestled with the angel and won. He wept and pleaded for a blessing from him. There at Bethel he met God face to face, and God spoke to him--
Hosea 12 : 5 (NLT)
the LORD God of Heaven's Armies, the LORD is his name!
Hosea 12 : 6 (NLT)
So now, come back to your God. Act with love and justice, and always depend on him.
Hosea 12 : 7 (NLT)
But no, the people are like crafty merchants selling from dishonest scales-- they love to cheat.
Hosea 12 : 8 (NLT)
Israel boasts, "I am rich! I've made a fortune all by myself! No one has caught me cheating! My record is spotless!"
Hosea 12 : 9 (NLT)
"But I am the LORD your God, who rescued you from slavery in Egypt. And I will make you live in tents again, as you do each year at the Festival of Shelters.
Hosea 12 : 10 (NLT)
I sent my prophets to warn you with many visions and parables."
Hosea 12 : 11 (NLT)
But the people of Gilead are worthless because of their idol worship. And in Gilgal, too, they sacrifice bulls; their altars are lined up like the heaps of stone along the edges of a plowed field.
Hosea 12 : 12 (NLT)
Jacob fled to the land of Aram, and there he earned a wife by tending sheep.
Hosea 12 : 13 (NLT)
Then by a prophet the LORD brought Jacob's descendants out of Egypt; and by that prophet they were protected.
Hosea 12 : 14 (NLT)
But the people of Israel have bitterly provoked the LORD, so their Lord will now sentence them to death in payment for their sins.
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