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Hosea, Chapter 12
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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.
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The LORD hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish
Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he
recompense him.
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He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength
he had power with God:
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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;
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Even the LORD God of hosts;
the LORD is his memorial.
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Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment and wait
on thy God continually.
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He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he
loveth to oppress.
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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.
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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.
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I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied
visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets.
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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.
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And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for
a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.
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And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a
prophet was he preserved.
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Ephraim provoked him to anger most bitterly: therefore shall he
leave his blood upon him, and his reproach shall his LORD return unto
him.
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