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Hosea 12 :: Bible in Basic English (BBE)

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:1 - Ephraim's food is the wind, and he goes after the east wind: deceit and destruction are increasing day by day; they make an agreement with Assyria, and take oil into Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:2 - The Lord has a cause against Judah, and will give punishment to Jacob for his ways; he will give him the reward of his acts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:3 - In the body of his mother he took his brother by the foot, and in his strength he was fighting with God;

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:4 - He had a fight with the angel and overcame him; he made request for grace to him with weeping; he came face to face with him in Beth-el and there his words came to him;

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:5 - Even the Lord, the God of armies; the Lord is his name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:6 - So then, come back to your God; keep mercy and right, and be waiting at all times on your God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:7 - As for Canaan, the scales of deceit are in his hands; he takes pleasure in twisted ways.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:8 - And Ephraim said, Now I have got wealth and much property; in all my works no sin may be seen in me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:9 - But I am the Lord your God from the land of Egypt; I will give you tents for your living-places again as in the days of the holy meeting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:10 - My word came to the ears of the prophets and I gave them visions in great number, and by the mouths of the prophets I made use of comparisons.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:11 - In Gilead there is evil. They are quite without value; in Gilgal they make offerings of oxen; truly their altars are like masses of stones in the hollows of a ploughed field.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:12 - And Jacob went in flight into the field of Aram, and Israel became a servant for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:13 - And by a prophet the Lord made Israel come up out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was kept safe.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:14 - I have been bitterly moved to wrath by Ephraim; so that his blood will be on him, and the Lord will make his shame come back on him.
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The Bible in Basic English was translated by Professor Samuel Henry Hooke (1874-1968)
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Hosea Chapter 12 — Additional Translations:

King James Version New King James Version New Living Translation New International Version English Standard Version Christian Standard Bible New American Standard Bible 2020 New American Standard Bible 1995 Legacy Standard Bible Amplified Bible New English Translation Revised Standard Version American Standard Version Young's Literal Translation Darby Translation Webster's Bible Hebrew Names Version Latin Vulgate Westminster Leningrad Codex Septuagint Smith Van Dyck Arabic Bible Open New Arabic Version Brenton's English Septuagint Reina Valera 1909 Reina-Valera 1960 Chinese Traditional Union Espanol Moderno Korean Holy Bible Louis Segond German Luther Russian Synodal Translation Sagradas Escrituras