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.
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.
3. He took his brother by the heel * in the womb, and by his strength he had power * with God:
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;
5. Even the LORD God of hosts; the LORD is his memorial.
6. Therefore turn * thou to thy God: keep * mercy and judgment, and wait * on thy God continually.
7. He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth * to oppress * .
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.
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.
10. I have also spoken * by the prophets,and I have multiplied * visions, and used similitudes * , by the ministry of the prophets.
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.
12. And Jacob fled * into the country of Syria, and Israel served * for a wife, and for a wife he kept * sheep.
13. And by a prophet the LORD brought * Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved * .
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.
