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Hosea 12
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1Ephraim 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.
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2Yahweh also has a controversy with Judah,
- and will punish Jacob according to his ways;
- according to his deeds he will repay him.
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3In the womb he took his brother by the heel;
- and in his manhood he contended with God.
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4Indeed, 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,
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5even Yahweh, the God of Armies;
- Yahweh is his name of renown!
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6Therefore turn to your God.
- Keep kindness and justice,
- and wait continually for your God.
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7A merchant has dishonest scales in his hand.
- He loves to defraud.
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8Ephraim 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.”
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9“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.
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10I have also spoken to the prophets,
- and I have multiplied visions;
- and by the ministry of the prophets I have used parables.
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11If Gilead is wicked,
- surely they are worthless.
- In Gilgal they sacrifice bulls.
- Indeed, their altars are like heaps in the furrows of the field.
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12Jacob fled into the country of Aram,
- and Israel served to get a wife,
- and for a wife he tended flocks and herds.
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13By a prophet Yahweh brought Israel up out of Egypt,
- and by a prophet he was preserved.
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14Ephraim has bitterly provoked anger.
- Therefore his blood will be left on him,
- and his Lord will repay his contempt.
